| Description |
xxxviii, 166 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
[Parliamentary paper] ; session 2003, no. 48 |
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Victorian Law Reform Commission.
Report
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Parliamentary paper (Victoria. Parliament) ; 2003, no. 48
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Problems with the current system -- Ch. 3. Principles -- Ch. 4. Detaining a person with an intellectual disability to prevent serious harm to others -- Ch. 5. Regulating use of restrictive practices -- Ch. 6. Applying the legislative framework to people with cognitive impairments -- Ch. 7. Criminal justice system -- Ch. 8. Overseeing the operation of the system |
| Summary |
"This report deals with two types of decisions that affect people who have an intellectual disability or a cognitive impairment (for example an acquired brain injury or an autism spectrum disorder). First, it deals with decisions to detain people without their consent in a prescribed facility, so that they can be provided with services and programs in order to reduce a significant risk that they may seriously harm others. Secondly, it deals with decisions about restrictive care practices that effect the freedom of people who have an intellectual disability. The practices that are considered in the report include 'mechanical restraint', (for example using a belt to restrain a person to prevent self-injury or injury to others), 'chemical restraint', which involves prescribing a person drugs to change that person's behaviour, and 'seclusion', which involves locking a person in a room apart from other people. These practices are currently used to prevent a person harming him or herself or others." -- p. xv |
| Analysis |
Imprisonment |
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Health care |
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Mental disability |
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Victoria |
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Criminal justice |
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Government regulation |
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Compulsory care |
| Notes |
"A legal framework for compulsory care" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Mental health laws -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Insanity (Law) -- Australia -- Victoria.
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| Author |
Law Reform Commission of Victoria.
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| LC no. |
2005363666 |
| ISBN |
0958182981 |
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