Purpose–In his recent report, Lord Adebowale (2013) described mental health issues as
“core police business”. The recent retrenchment in mental health and wider public services …

This book explores the suffering of social class and how traditional biomedical models for
mental illness do not adequately account for the stresses of poverty. Turning to mental …

Purpose–The failings of “community care” in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to a number
of inquiries. The purpose of this paper is to examine one of these key issues that is rarely if …

A call for de-policing crisis responses: Distressed children and youth caught between the
mental health and police systems Page 1 A CALL FOR DE-POLICING CRISIS RESPONSES …

The publication of the Bradley review in the United Kingdom is a watershed in the
development of policy regarding the way that the Criminal Justice System responds to …

The Criminal Justice System is becoming a de facto provider of mental health care,
according to a series of recent prison inspections and reports on policing and mental illness …

This critical interdisciplinary study charts the modern history of mental health services,
reflects upon the evolution of care in communities and considers the most effective policies …

Abstract The Bradley Review (2009) is a major analysis of the treatment of people with
mental problems and learning disabilities within the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The …

Ideological shifts in mental health-care policy such as deinstitutionalisation have meant
police have had to make decisions about the care of persons with a mental-health crisis …

Purpose This paper aims to conceptualise the residential and psychiatric hospital as a
space where criminality and social harms can emerge. Because of recent media scandals …