Forensic

Question 1

Bradley Report

Answer 1

2009
review extent to which offenders with mental health problems or learning disabilities could be diverted from prison to other services and the obstacles to such diversion

Question 2

Penrose’s law

Answer 2

inverse relationship between the number of mental health beds available in a society and the rate of serious crimes and imprisonments

hypothesised that if more resources were allocated to mental health care, it could lead to a decrease in imprisonment rates due to better management of individuals with mental health issues

Question 3

VRAG

Answer 3

violence risk appraisal guide
designed to predict the likelihood of future violent behaviour

broad range of factors - past violent acts, psychopathy scores, age, substance use, mental health history

Question 4

RRASOR

Answer 4

rapid risk assessment for sexual offence recidivism

Question 5

SVR-20

Answer 5

sexual violence risk 20

designed to evaluate the risk of sexual violence speicfically

Question 6

SORAG

Answer 6

sex offender risk appraisal guide

Question 7

SACJ

Answer 7

structured anchored clinical judgement

structured clinical judgement tool that can be used to assess violence risk

Question 8

McNaughten Rules

Answer 8

legal test for criminal liability in relation to mental disorder - ie not guilty by reason of insanity

Question 9

what is a summary offence

Answer 9

the least serious offences, tried in magistrates’ court

max penalty of 6m prison and/or £5000 fine

Question 10

what are triable either way offences

Answer 10

middle range of crimes
wide variety - theft, assault, ABH

magistrates or crown court

Question 11

what re indictable offences?

Answer 11

more serious crimes - murder, manslaughter, rape

crown court - but first hearing is at magistrates

Question 12

Osman case

Answer 12

highlighted duty of police to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to individuals where there is ‘real and immediate’ risk to life

(threats made by a teacher against a student)

Question 13

Automatism

Answer 13

complete defence to murder

applies when the defendent’s actions were involuntary due to an external factor - eg reflex, convulsion or other automatic response, and they had no control over their actions

Question 14

HCR-20

Answer 14

guideline for the assessment and management of violence risk in individuals

relies heavily on professional judgement to interpret historical and clinical risk factors

used to predict risk of future violence

Question 15

suicide rate in prisons england and wales

Answer 15

133 per 100,000