Dr Ian Cummins I.D.Cummins@salford.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Boats against the current: vulnerable adults in police custody
Cummins, ID
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Abstract
One effect of the policy of deinstitutionalisation has been to increase police contact with people, who are experiencing the effects of acute mental illness. Policy
documents such as Home Office circular 66/90 recognise that adults with mental health problems are especially vulnerable within the criminal justice system. The overall
aim of policy is that vulnerable adults should be diverted to mental health services at the earliest opportunity unless the offence is so serious that this would not be in the public interest. However, there is little concrete evidence of the success of this policy. The result is
that police officers have an increasing role to play in working with individuals experiencing acute mental health problems. In this process, custody officers have a key
role to play as decision-makers as to whether the protections that PACE (1984) offers to vulnerable adults
should apply. This article is based on a small-scale indicative research study, which examined how officers
make these decisions and the training that they receive relating to mental health issues.
Citation
Cummins, I. Boats against the current: vulnerable adults in police custody
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Deposit Date | Jun 29, 2009 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 29, 2009 |
Journal | The Journal of Adult Protection |
Print ISSN | 14668203 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 15-24 |
Keywords | Offenders, mental illness, custody officers, protection |
Publisher URL | http://pavilionjournals.metapress.com/content/x377428927t4169w/?p=0e83ba7672e54057871aec33e27f5281&pi=2 |
Related Public URLs | http://pavilionjournals.metapress.com/content/121398/ http://www.pavpub.com |
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