Miss Menna Gower1, Dr Frank Morgan1, Dr Julie Saunders1, Dr Caroline Spiranovic2 1University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 2University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Risk assessment of female offenders is predominantly based on criminogenic factors found to predict reoffending in males....
- August 7, 2018
Dr Anthony (tony) Ellis1 1Blackstone Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand Miller and Carroll v New Zealand (April 2018) was a landmark case where the UN Human Rights Committee found NZ in breach of its international obligations, particularly as to the length...
- August 7, 2018
Dr Justin Barry-walsh1 1CCDHB, Wellington, New Zealand The United Nations Convention of the Rights of Peoples with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has become an important document, given the number of countries that are now signatories. Both the convention itself and interpretation of...
- August 7, 2018
Dr Eric Ratcliff1 1Private Practice, Launceston, Australia Among the many unintended consequences of the DSM system of psychiatric nosology are those that have resulted from the conceptual shift from ‘situational reactions’ to ‘Adjustment Disorders’. This has resulted in the reification...
- August 7, 2018
Prof. Ronnie Mackay1 1Leicester De Montfort Law School, Leicester, United Kingdom The insanity defence continues to pose fundamental problems which have often led to reform or a refusal to adopt change. This presentation will discuss how reform initiatives have often...
- August 7, 2018
Dr Chris Maylea1 1Rmit University, Melbourne , Australia xAdvocacy in compulsory mental health settings is a complex and contested affair, incorporating legal, non-legal, representational and best interests advocacy with a raft of other concepts in diverse contexts. For many...
- August 7, 2018
Dr Adam Brett1 1State Forensic Mental Health Service, Wa, Perth, Australia The Perth mental health court is a therapeutic court that has been in operation since 2013. This presentation will briefly describe its’ evolution and current status. The presentation...
- August 7, 2018
Dr Michael Davis1 1Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, , Australia, 2Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, , Australia, 3Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, , Australia Rapists and the offences that they commit are markedly...
- August 7, 2018
Dr Lorraine Sheridan1 1Dr, Lesmurdie, Australia Studies of stalking in the workplace have so far been limited to examinations of particular occupational groups. The literature on domestic violence and the workplace has recorded stalking activities perpetrated by domestically abusive offenders....
- August 7, 2018
Dr Raj Darjee1 1Forensicare, Clifton Hill, Australia The RSVP is a structured professional judgement (SPJ) instrument used internationally to assess and manage the risk posed by certain sexual offenders. However there have been no published validation studies, and the...
- August 7, 2018