CRIM1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Queensland Police Service, Community Mental Health Service, Griffith University
MENTAL ILLNESS & CRIME
Deinstitutionalization—in Australia, over the last three decades, increased closing down of many
stand-alone psychiatric hospitals (huge amounts of violence.). Australia’s goal was to treat them in
the community (take those people that were put in hospitals out and treat them in the community.
The result was better.)!
But inadequate community mental health services made available (lack of funding)!
Impact of drug and alcohol use!
"Not for Service report (2005)!
"Mental Health Council of Australia!
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY ARC Linkage Project Anna Stewart & Susan Dennison
Everyone born in 1983, 1984 and 1990 who had contact with;!
"Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriages register!
"Child protection system (victim and maltreater)!
"Queensland Police Service (youth cautioning and conferencing)!
"Courts (youth and adult court appearances) !
"Corrections (community and custodial)!
"Domestic Violence Protection Orders (civil orders - respondent and aggrieved)!
"Queensland Health (hospital admissions, mental health contacts, emergency dept)!
Longitudinal data – 31 years old (1983), 30 years old (1984) and 25 years old (1990)!
269,784 unique individuals (more than 1 million contacts)!
Data stored in the Social Analytics Lab at Griffith University!
1990 Longitudinal population
45,434 individuals born in Queensland in 1990!
"25 years old at time of data linkage!
"269 deaths (34% female, 66% male) (excluded)!
Mentally ill - Mental health hospital admissions (QHAPDC - Queensland Health Admitted Patient
Data Collection) !
"5 – 25 years!
"International Classification of Disease (ICD) final diagnoses!
"conservative measure!
Offenders - Finalised adult court appearance data !
"18 – 25 years guilty outcome!
6.4% admitted at least once to hospital for mental health of which 6% female, 7% male!
24.7% found guilty of at least one offence as an adult of which 14% female, 35% male!
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There are different types of mental illness. !
From the 45000 people born in 1990!
Of those, 6% are mentally ill. !
In that 6% that are mentally ill, what are these diagnosis and probability of them offending of not?!
Females that are offending more likely to have emotional issues!
Males that are offending more likely to have Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD)!
Likelihood of them being sentenced to prison
Only 1.6% of offenders ever received a prison sentence before age 25 years (n = 719)!
"0.4% of female offenders!
"2.7% of male offenders!
However, of the 719 people sentenced to prison !
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Document Summary
Deinstitutionalization in australia, over the last three decades, increased closing down of many stand-alone psychiatric hospitals (huge amounts of violence. ). Australia"s goal was to treat them in the community (take those people that were put in hospitals out and treat them in the community. But inadequate community mental health services made available (lack of funding) Griffith university arc linkage project anna stewart & susan dennison. Everyone born in 1983, 1984 and 1990 who had contact with; Domestic violence protection orders (civil orders - respondent and aggrieved) Queensland health (hospital admissions, mental health contacts, emergency dept) 269,784 unique individuals (more than 1 million contacts) Data stored in the social analytics lab at gri th university. 25 years old at time of data linkage. Mentally ill - mental health hospital admissions (qhapdc - queensland health admitted patient. International classi cation of disease (icd) nal diagnoses conservative measure.
