The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law

Kay Wilson, Yvette Maker, Piers Gooding (Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia) , Jamie Walvisch (Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia)

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18 December 2024

Disability: social aspects; International human rights law; Criminal law & procedure; Medical & healthcare law; Medicolegal issues

This book brings together contributions from twenty-three world-leading scholars and commentators that address a range of contemporary and pressing international themes in mental health, disability and criminal law. The authors use the work of internationally renowned academic, Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry, as a springboard to reflect on recent developments in these areas of law and to anticipate the future directions they may take. In doing so, they aim to inform and inspire a new generation of mental health, disability and criminal law scholars, advocates and reformers.

The book is divided into four substantive sections: reforming mental health and disability law; regulating coercion and restrictive practices; improving access to justice and the criminal law; and transforming mental health law. It also includes an introduction from the editors and an afterword from Emeritus Professor McSherry.

The book is aimed at regulators, policymakers, lawyers, clinicians, consumer advocates and academics who are interested in the urgent and contentious issues surrounding the reform and development of mental health, disability and criminal law. It will help them understand the key issues and problems and presents suggestions for reform. The book is interdisciplinary and international in its focus.

Chapters 9 and 13 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Edited by: Kay Wilson, Yvette Maker, Piers Gooding (Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia), Jamie Walvisch (Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032396323
ISBN 10: 1032396326
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 18 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Kay Wilson is a Melbourne Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Melbourne Law School and Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Yvette Maker is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Australia and an Honorary Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne. Piers Gooding is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School and an Associate of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute. Jamie Walvisch is a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Law School.