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The supervision of mentally disordered offenders: the work of probation officers and their relationship with psychiatrists in England and Wales
Author(s) -
ROBERTS COLIN,
HUDSON BARBARA L.,
CULLEN RACHEL
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
criminal behaviour and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1471-2857
pISSN - 0957-9664
DOI - 10.1002/cbm.1995.5.2.75
Subject(s) - work (physics) , psychology , psychiatry , criminal responsibility , mentally ill , field (mathematics) , forensic psychiatry , criminology , mental health , mental illness , criminal law , engineering , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article presents data from a study which has provided evidence of probation officers’ close involvement with some of the most hard to help psychiatric patients and of the nature of their working relations with psychiatrists. Given the burden of responsibility they carry, and the training deficiencies they report, it is clear that probation officers could work more confidently and effectively in this field if there were more opportunities for consultation and shared working with the psychiatric services. We conclude with some suggestions for improving collaboration between psychiatrists and probation officers.