01919 a2200337 4500 1138359955 20250317100419.0 250312042020GB eng 9781138359956 Taylor & Francis GBP 33.99 BB 01 eng JHB thema JBFN thema MBS thema JHB bic JFFH bic MBS bic SOC000000 bisac LAW026000 bisac SOC004000 bisac SOC026000 bisac TRU000000 bisac 364.38 bisac Anthony Columbo Understanding Mentally Disordered Offenders A Multi-agency Perspective 1 Oxford Routledge 20201221 226 p First published in 1997, this volume’s purpose is to understand and clarify the nature of implicit theories currently held about the mentally disordered offender by respondents who represent a range of agencies: the general lay population, Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Social Services. The significance of this research rests on the premise that a greater understanding of professional and lay perspectives towards the mentally ill offender will help elucidate conflicting assumptions between agencies which, by their very nature, may be seriously disrupting the effective implementation of a number of key criminological and clinical policy initiatives involving the care and management of the mentally ill. In particular, consideration is given to the impact such ideological differences may have with regard to the establishment of community-based psychiatric care programmes, the policy of diverting mentally ill offenders away from the Criminal Justice System and into care by Health and Social Services, and the need to strengthen inter-agency co-operation. 3259 3259