People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System

澳大利亚每年有4万多人被监禁，其中近一半在新南威尔士州。参与新南威尔士州CJS的40%男性和60%女性患有MHD或CD，许多人患有双重诊断。目前，逮捕和监禁许多MHDCD患者的适当性引起了公众、社会和专业人士的严重关切。由于缺乏对CJS的影响和与这些人的互动的全面和纵向评价，干预措施受到阻碍。这项研究将首次在澳大利亚提供综合信息，并使CJS和人类服务机构对MHDCD患者参与CJS的情况有一个连贯的了解，这将有助于制定新的干预措施，以解决护理责任和人权问题。

Over 40 000 people are imprisoned in Australia each year, almost half of them in NSW. 40% males and 60% females involved in the NSW CJS have a MHD or CD with many having a dual diagnosis. The appropriateness of the arrest and imprisonment of many people with MHDCD is currently of serious public, social and professional concern. Interventions are hampered by lack of an overall and longitudinal appreciation of the CJS's impact upon and interaction with such people.This study will provide integrated information for the first time in Australia and give CJS and human service agencies a coherent picture of the involvement of people with MHDCD in the CJS, which will assist development of new interventions to address duty of care and human rights.