当法官考虑转移到心理健康治疗时,什么才是重要的?
Christel Macdonald1, Don Weatherburn1
1National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
概括
本研究分析了根据新南威尔士州心理健康 (法医程序) 法案对2922名法律援助客户影响精神健康转移的因素. 关键的发现揭示了人口和犯罪相关因素影响转移决策,并注意到法官的影响.
科学领域:
- 法医心理学 法医心理学
- 心理健康法 心理健康法
- 刑事司法研究 刑事司法研究
背景情况:
- 新南威尔士州心理健康 (法医程序) 法案为心理健康转移提供了途径.
- 了解影响这些转移的因素对于公平的法律程序至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有全面分析新南威尔士州s.32和s.33转移的特定驱动因素.
研究的目的:
- 根据第32条和第33条,确定与精神健康转移相关的人口,法律和犯罪相关因素.
- 量化个人特征和先前法律历史对转移结果的影响.
- 探索司法官员可以归因于转移决策的变化.
主要方法:
- 一项使用多层次物流回归分析的定量研究.
- 对新南威尔士州法律援助代表的大量个人样本 (n=2,922) 的分析.
- 检查包括被告人口统计,先前出庭,犯罪严重程度和司法特征在内的因素.
主要成果:
- 妇女,非土著被告,没有先前出庭的被告和犯下不那么严重的罪行的人群中,S.32转移的可能性更高.
- 年龄较大的被告,有先前监禁的被告和先前有心理健康解雇的个人显示出更高的转移率.
- 在第32条裁决裁决中,法官级别的影响约占差异的12%.
结论:
- 被告人口统计学,犯罪特征和先前的法律历史显著预测精神健康转移结果根据该法案.
- 司法自由裁量权在第32条的转移决定中发挥着显著的作用,突出了潜在的一致性改进领域.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的干预措施和政策考虑,以确保心理健康转移过程中的公平性.
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