Psychiatry, Psychology and Law articles from April 2002

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law archives from April 2002

Identifying and accommodating the needs of mentally ill people in gaols and prisons.
April 1, 2002... There is a disproportionate number of people with serious mental illnesses in the criminal justice system. Few of these people meet the legal criteria to be considered formal "forensic patients" (i.e., found unfit to plead or not criminally...

The psychological needs of women prisoners: implications for rehabilitation and management.
April 1, 2002... The rehabilitation and management of women offenders in prison ate topics which continue to elicit concern, controversy and, often, disillusionment based on the failure of previous policies and initiatives. In this paper we argue rehabilitation...

Specialist training in investigative and evidential interviewing: is it having any effect on the behaviour of professionals in the field?
April 1, 2002... While numerous concerns have been voiced over the past decade regarding the inappropriate question of styles of investigative and evidential interviewers, there has been relatively little research, discussion, and critique in relation to the...

Dissociation in incarcerated juvenile male offenders - a pilot study in Australia.
April 1, 2002... The objective was to compare levels of dissociative experiences in two samples of 16- to 18- year-old males using a brief structured interview. Twenty-nine juvenile offenders admitted to a juvenile justice centre were administered the...

Young offenders, tattoos and recidivism.
April 1, 2002... Among 898 young offenders held in South Australian secure care centres, 17% of males and 30% of females reported having tattoos. These were significantly higher incidences than in a local high school student sample and were higher than national...

The effect of rapport in forensic interviewing.
April 1, 2002... The psychological literature suggests that establishing rapport between interviewer and subject--whether in clinical, experimental or forensic settings--is likely to enhance the quality of the interaction. Yet there are surprisingly few studies...

Child pornography and the Internet: policing and treatment issues.
April 1, 2002... A recent increase in the number of referrals for individuals who have accessed child pornography over the Internet has led to a need for clinicians to familiarise themselves with the language and concepts associated with this type of sexual...

Rape attitude and behaviour and their relationship to moral development.
April 1, 2002... Research suggests that up to 50% of men report some likelihood of raping if they know they can get away with it. In order to investigate what self-reported likelihood data might mean, relationships between rape attitude, moral development, and...

Murder-parasuicide: a case series in Western Australia.
April 1, 2002... This article describes a case series of murder followed by suicide attempts. Examining this type of offender may help us better understand the group who complete murder followed by suicide. Research in this area will always be difficult given...

Psychopathy, dangerousness and involuntary detention in New Zealand: fitness for release from compulsory treatment status.
April 1, 2002... Significant political pressures apply to determinations for release of persons from involuntary psychiatric detention who suffer personality disorders rather than traditionally acknowledged psychiatric illnesses, and who have previously been...

Compensability for psychological injuries arising from breach of contract, deceit and contravention of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) and Fair Trading Acts: the need for rationalisation and consistency in the law.
April 1, 2002... The circumstances in which psychological injuries are compensable in Australia are unclear. By and large tort and contract law do not permit recovery by plaintiffs other than for psychiatric injuries, namely for well recognised mental...

Failure to care for a psychiatrically ill child: provision of necessaries as a criminal offence: Nielsen v The Queen [2001] QCA 85; (2001) 121 A Crim R 239. .
April 1, 2002... The 2001 decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal in Nielsen v The Queen (2001 QCA 85; [2001)] 121 A Crim R 239), in which a mother and stepfather were convicted for failure to supply "necessaries" to a vulnerable young woman with...

Personality and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality Disorder.(Book Review)
April 1, 2002... David McCallum Cambridge University Press, London, 2001, 193 pp. $A46.95 PB At the outset, I admit to having a vested interest in reviewing this book, as I have recently published a work on the perception of dangerousness from a different...

International Psychology and Law Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 7 July and 12 July 2003. (Psychology and Law International Conference).
April 1, 2002... The conference web site--www.law.soton.ac.uk/bsln/psych&law2003/--contains information about the venue and basic conference format. As of July 2002 it will contain a call for papers and registration details. The conference will begin with...