Mentally disordered offenders

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

Alt label

• Criminal insane
• Mentally disturbed offenders

SES ID

• 91993
• 49537
• 414640

Notation

• 91993

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Offenders

Related

• Criminal liability
• Dangerous psychiatric patients
• Mental illness
• Psychiatric patients

Scope note

• Avoid using in the context of mental illness in prisons.

Definition

• The CPS uses the term "mentally disordered offender" to describe a person who has a disability or disorder of the mind and has committed or is suspected of committing a criminal offence. This term covers a range of offences, disabilities and disorders.