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Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders or neurological impairments: what does the new Sentencing Council Guideline mean for psychiatrists? (Latham, 2021)
Taylor Pamela J. Eastman Nigel Latham Richard Holloway Josanne.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2021;218 (6 ): 299 -301 .
The new Sentencing Council Guideline on sentencing offenders with mental disorders, effective from 1 October 2020, is essential reading for all psychiatrists who give evidence in the criminal courts, revealing something of required judicial thinking, our common ground on public safety concerns but differences in focus on culpability and punishment.