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Level 5: Mentally Disordered Offenders

Module Description

This module aims to:

• Equip students with an understanding of both mental disorder and mentally disordered offenders
• Explain what is meant by insanity and unfitness to plead
• Provide students with an overview of both policy developments and legislation related to mentally disordered offenders
• Explain the courts’ powers in relation to mentally disordered offenders
• Describe a range of approaches to the treatment of mentally disordered offenders
• Clarify the roles of those who work with mentally disordered offenders

Module Content

1. The mentally disordered offender
2. Public protection and mental disorder
3. Police investigation and discretion
4. Reports for courts
5. Insanity and unfitness to plead
6. Introduction to psychopathy
7. Mental disorder: the powers of the courts
8. The roles of those who work with mentally disordered offenders
9. Mentally disordered prisoners
10. Dual diagnosis

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