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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791928803321

Autore

Boyd-Caine Tessa

Titolo

Protecting the public? : detention and release of mentally disordered offenders / / Tessa Boyd-Caine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Pub., , 2010

ISBN

1-136-84238-1

1-84392-527-3

1-283-52040-0

9786613832856

1-136-84239-X

0-203-83331-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 201 p.)

Disciplina

345.0770874

Soggetti

Administrative discretion

Offenders with mental disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc

Offenders with mental disabilities - Rehabilitation - Government policy

Criminal justice, Administration of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First issued in paperback 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Executive Discretion and the Rule of Law 2. Care and Control 3. The Operation of Executive Discretion 4. Relationships in the System of Executive Discretion 5. Constructing 'the public' 6. Human Rights and the Restricted Patient System 7. Patient Rights and Public Protection

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores the tension between the rights of individuals detained under criminal and mental health law and the responsibility for public protection in the little-known world of executive discretion over mentally disordered offenders.