Limited duration restriction orders: What are they for?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 562-572

  Romilly, Crystal ^a   Parrott, Janet ^a   Carney, Philip ^a  

^a Bexley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Limited duration; Mental Health Act; Restriction orders; Time limits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROGNOSIS; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 0030688861     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189708412276     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Department of Health (1994) Report of the Working Group on High Security and Related Psychiatric Provision. London: DoH.
2. Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Security (1975) Report of the Committee on Mentally Abnormal Offenders (the Butler Report). Cmnd 6244. London: HMSO.
3. Robertson, G. (1989) 'The Restricted Hospital Order'. Psychiatric Bulletin, 13: 4-11.