Mental health and the criminal justice system

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CJB38

Author	Karen Freeman
Published	October 1998
Report Type	Crime and Justice Bulletin No. 38
Subject	Mental health
Keywords	mental illness, criminal justice system

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Aim

This bulletin provides a summary of the ways in which mentally ill offenders are dealt with by the New South Wales (NSW) Criminal Courts and attempts to answer many of the common questions people have about mentally ill offenders and mental illness as a defence.