JALE3014 Mental Health and Criminal Justice

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- Problem Solving Courts: Social Science and Legal Perspectives
- Transforming Criminal Justice? Problem-Solving and Court Specialisation
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mentally ill offenders AND courts AND Australia
mental illness AND courts AND Australia

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mentally ill offenders court Australia
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mental health courts AND Australia
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mental health courts AND Australian prisons

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- Bail practices and policy alternatives in Australia

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- The Correlates of Unfitness to Stand Trial in Victoria, Australia
- Mental Health and Criminal Charges: Variation in Diversion Pathways in Australia
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- Problem-solving courts in Australia: A review of problems and solutions
- Neurolaw in Australia: The use of neuroscience in Australian criminal proceedings (do a ctrl f/find in page search for court; also see part III)
- Pathways to suicide among people with a diagnosed mental illness in Victoria, Australia
- Court diversion for those with psychosis and its impact on re-offending rates: results from a longitudinal data-linkage study
- The effectiveness of mental health courts in reducing recidivism and police contact: A systematic review
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- Foundations of Offender Rehabilitation (ch. 10)
- Suicide and Self-Harm in Prisons and Jails
- Problem Solving Courts: Social Science and Legal Perspectives
- Forensic Mental Health (ch. 7)
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mental illness AND prison AND Australia
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mentally ill offenders prison Australia
mentally ill inmates Australia
mental illness AND corrections AND deaths in custody Australia
mental* ill* treatment prison Australia
Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 "mentally ill"
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023, September 7). Adult prisoners.

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- Lifetime prevalence of mental illness and incarceration: An analysis by gender and Indigenous status
- The mental health of culturally and linguistically diverse offenders–what do we know?
- No gold medals: Assessing Australia's international mental health performance
- The experiences of people leaving prison in the Australian Capital Territory
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Legal and Social Issues Committee. (2022). Inquiry into Victoria’s criminal justice system: Final report. Parliament of Victoria.
Open the report and do a ctrl f/find search for the following terms: mental; mental ill

Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. (2021, February).
Note: Open the various volumes, and then depending on which arm of the cjs you are discussing, do a ctrl f/find search for the following (one word at a time): police, court, prison

Productivity Commission. (2020, November 16).
Mental health: Inquiry report.
Note: open the consolidated version of the report and then depending on which arm of the cjs you are discussing, do a ctrl f/find search for the following (one word at a time): police, court, prison

Select Committee on Mental Health. (2006, March 30). A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community First Report. Parliament of Australia.

This site is published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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Some information is a little older but was published within the last 15-20 years.