Crime and Mental Health Law in New South Wales, 3rd edition

A practical guide to the law on mental health issues that arise within the criminal justice framework in New South Wales

by Dan Howard (Author) , Dr Bruce Westmore (Author)

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Crime and Mental Health Law in New South Wales, 3rd edition is a practical guide to the law on mental health issues that arise within the criminal justice framework in New South Wales. It offers comprehensive coverage and clear explanations of all of the important topics in this field and is an ideal resource for lawyers, mental health professionals, correctional health personnel, and anyone else engaged in the fields of criminal law and forensic mental health, or students with an interest in pursuing studies or a career in these areas.

Features

  • Practical guidance for practitioners
  • Expert authors
  • Coverage of developments in legislation and case law

Related Titles

Fairall & Barrett, Criminal Defences, 5th Edition 2017
Croft et al, Waller & Williams Criminal Law: Text and Cases, 13th Edition 2016

 

Featured Authors

Dan Howard
Dr Bruce Westmore

Dan Howard

Dan Howard is a Senior Counsel at the NSW Bar. He is a former President of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal and a former Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW. He was for many years a Crown Prosecutor and appeared in many criminal trials and appeals, including numerous cases involving mental health issues. He has extensive experience in teaching criminal trial advocacy. He is currently a Visiting Professorial Fellow with the School of Law at the University of Wollongong, and a Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Psychiatry at the University of NSW.

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Dr Dr Bruce Westmore

Dr Bruce Westmore is a practising psychiatrist with extensive expertise in the areas of obsessive compulsive disorders, alcohol, drug and other addictions, autism spectrum disorders, brain injuries and forensic psychiatry. Dr Westmore is a former official adviser to the Government of New Zealand, assisting in organising and developing a national forensic psychiatry service, and is a former Director of Forensic Psychiatry in Queensland. He has been a visiting consultant to various private hospitals and he has had long term teaching commitments to postgraduate and undergraduate students. He has had extensive experience as an expert witness.

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Table of contents


     
  1. Frequently Encountered Psychiatric Illnesses and Conditions

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  2. Intellectual Disability, Cognitive Impairment, Mental Illness and Mental Conditions – General Considerations

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  3. Mental Health Act 2007: Care, Treatment and Control

    4.  
  4. Management of Forensic and Correctional Patients under the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990

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  5. Fitness to Stand Trial

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  6. The Defence of Mental Illness

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  7. Automatism

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  8. The Partial Defence of Substantial Impairment

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  9. Infanticide

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  10. The Interaction of Mental Illness with Other Defences

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  11. Risk: Assessment, Management and Applicable Legal Principles

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  12. Further Sentencing Considerations

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  13. Psychiatric Reports and Opinions

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  14. Psychological Assessment in a Forensic Context

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  15. Psychiatrists and Psychologists in Court Part I: On Being an Expert Witness

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  16. Psychiatrists and Psychologists in Court Part II: The Legal Profession’s View

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  17. Controversial Syndromes and Evidentiary Issues

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  18. Summary Diversion in the Local Court

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  19. Forensic and Correctional Mental Health Services in New South Wales

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  20. Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry

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