NS5360 - Issues in Forensic Mental Health 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:

Available to students enrolled in postgraduate courses.

The history of services for mentally ill offenders. Forensic and legal discourse. Mentally ill offenders and the clinical management problems they present. The role of organisations and individuals involved in the care of mentally ill offenders. Consumer and advocate perspectives on services for mentally ill offenders. Community attitudes toward mentally ill offenders.

Learning Outcomes

• to describe the special legal, clinical and management problems presented by mentally ill offenders and the importance of engaging with service users and their advocates;
• to outline positive, critical and radical approaches to the history of forensic psychiatry, internationally and locally;
• to understand and apply forensic and legal terminology;
• to understand the origins, role and effects of community attitudes toward mentally ill offenders.

Availabilities
, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator:	Professor Colin Holmes
Lecturer:	jc146844.
Contact hours:	80 hours
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.
, Study Period 2
Census Date 08-Sep-2006
Coordinator:	Professor Colin Holmes
Contact hours:	80 hours
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.