❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks the Minister for Mental Health about the source of the statistic that 6% of adults attending Perth Magistrates' Courts have a serious mental illness. The Minister responds that the estimate is derived from a review of Australian and international literature.
AnsweredQoN 5728Legislative Council
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I refer to the first paragraph under 'Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System' on page 869 of the 2012-13 State Budget papers, and I ask if the Minister would please advise of the source of the statistic that six per cent of adults attending the Perth Magistrates' Courts are estimated to have a serious mental illness?
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Answered
14 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
62 days
The estimate of 6 per cent was derived from a review of the Australian and international literature, and reflects a conservative approach.
A range of Australian and international studies have attempted to estimate the rate of serious mental illness in the criminal justice system, which includes the court-attending population. These studies use differing methodologies, subject selection and use of instruments, and also have different target populations.
Examples of this work include but are not confined to:
Ogloff et al (2007) '
The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system: report to the Criminology Research Council'
Australian Institute of Criminology
An extensive review of existing Australian epidemiological data by Mullen et al (2003)
National forensic mental health scoping study
, Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing,
The review of the literature contained in: the 2008 and 2009 reports of the Law Reform Commission:
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2008)
Court Intervention Programs: Consultation Paper
, Government of Western Australia
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2009)
Court Intervention Programs: Final Report
, Government of Western Australia
This is reinforced by the considerable work of Professor Shaw from the University of Manchester over the past decade, including Shaw J et al (1999)
Prevalence and detection of serious psychiatric disorder in defendants attending court
, The Lancet, Volume 353, Issue 9158.
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A range of Australian and international studies have attempted to estimate the rate of serious mental illness in the criminal justice system, which includes the court-attending population. These studies use differing methodologies, subject selection and use of instruments, and also have different target populations.
Examples of this work include but are not confined to:
Ogloff et al (2007) '
The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system: report to the Criminology Research Council'
Australian Institute of Criminology
An extensive review of existing Australian epidemiological data by Mullen et al (2003)
National forensic mental health scoping study
, Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing,
The review of the literature contained in: the 2008 and 2009 reports of the Law Reform Commission:
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2008)
Court Intervention Programs: Consultation Paper
, Government of Western Australia
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2009)
Court Intervention Programs: Final Report
, Government of Western Australia
This is reinforced by the considerable work of Professor Shaw from the University of Manchester over the past decade, including Shaw J et al (1999)
Prevalence and detection of serious psychiatric disorder in defendants attending court
, The Lancet, Volume 353, Issue 9158.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
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