Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
- ISBN-10
- 0731326032
- ISBN-13
- 9780731326037
- Category
- Mentally ill
- Pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Author
- Karen Freeman
Description
This bulletin provides a summary of the ways in which mentally ill offenders are dealt with by the New South Wales (NSW) Criminal Courts and attempts to answer many of the common questions people have about mentally ill offenders and mental ...
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