Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100200469]Researchers: A/Prof Anna Stewart (Chief Investigator) , Dr Susan Dennison (Chief Investigator) , Dr Troy Allard (Chief Investigator) , Steve Kisely (Chief Investigator)
Brief description Understanding the relationship between mental illness and offending: implications for crime prevention and the management of mentally ill offenders. The criminal justice system struggles to cope with the challenge of mentally ill offenders. Yet unfortunately increasing numbers of mentally ill people are coming into contact with police, the courts and correctional institutions. Using a life-course criminological perspective, this project aims to understand the links between mental illness and offending. Such an understanding will provide the criminal justice system with strategies for managing and treating mentally ill offenders. More importantly, such an understanding can be used to intervene in circumstances that result in mentally ill people offending, improving their well-being and increasing community safety.
Funding Amount $222,941
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100200469
- ARC : LP100200469