@book{31bcb4b294974d06bab97fd0abda466b,
title = "Consideration of the mental state of accused persons at the pre-trial and pre-sentencing stages: report of a research project carried out in five areas of Scotland, June-December 1991",
abstract = "The aim of the research was to examine the process by which potentially mentally disturbed offenders are identified and subsequently processed through the Scottish criminal justice system. The research was originally motivated by concern at an apparently high incidence of mentally disturbed offenders within penal institutions and by an increasing concern with these issues within government circles, both in Scotland and in England and Wales.",
keywords = "Mentally disordered offenders, Preliminary examinations, Criminal procedure, Scotland, Pre-sentence reports",
author = "Cameron, {G. D. L.} and McManus, {J. J.}",
note = "dc.description.sponsorship: Scottish Home and Health Department. Central Research Unit ",
year = "1993",
language = "English",
isbn = "0748007040",
series = "Central Research Unit papers",
publisher = "Scottish Executive, Central Research Unit",
}
