{"title":"Death in the time of Covid-19: Efforts to restore the death penalty in the Philippines","authors":"Jose M. Jose , Maria Corazon A. De Ungria","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2021.100054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2021.100054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Philippine Congress recently passed a bill amending the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and reimposing the penalty of life imprisonment to death for specific-drug related offenses. House Bill No. 7814 also allows the presumption of guilt in certain drug-related crimes unless otherwise proven, thereby overturning the long-standing constitutional presumption of innocence. The bill has been sent to the Senate for its concurrence and could only be several steps away before being signed into law by President Rodrigo R. Duterte. This paper discusses the ramifications of the new bill and the questioned timeliness of its passage when the country continues to have a large and overcrowded prison population and a significant number of deaths due to SARS-CoV-2 in Southeast Asia. The government's lapses in following the 2021 national vaccination plan became apparent in the 31 March 2021 assessment made by the congressional health panel on the government's response to the pandemic. From the authors' perspective, the urgency of using the country's limited resources to help medical frontliners and local government units prevent further infections and save lives should have outweighed the efforts exerted to pass a law that legalized the death penalty for the third time in the Philippines.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"2 ","pages":"Article 100054"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2021.100054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40307368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ashraf, Yahia Md A, Md Shafikuzzaman Sajib, Z. Azdi
{"title":"Situational Analysis of Forensic Mental Health in Bangladesh","authors":"S. Ashraf, Yahia Md A, Md Shafikuzzaman Sajib, Z. Azdi","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-1027893/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1027893/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Forensic Mental Health in Bangladesh is an unattended domain of mental health services. With about 17% of the population suffering from mental disorders per year and more than 80 thousand prisoners in the country, there have not been any studies to look into forensic mental health situations. This research has given an overview of the health and legal systems through qualitative research focusing on a desk review and key informant interviews. Findings show that though there are guidelines in the law and regulatory codes in the judicial systems, implementing those guidelines is not seen in many cases. There are several areas in the health system in terms of capacity, service and resources which needs to be addressed by the government for supporting the healthcare providers, lawyers, judges and mentally ill or disabled people. Our study also portrayed the current referral mechanisms connecting both legal and health systems while addressing different cases of forensic mental health. Finally, discussing the implications of the findings, we presented recommendations from our study and other literature.","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41717325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Insanity Defense","authors":"G. Meynen","doi":"10.1017/9781108623056.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623056.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89269207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TOC","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100042","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71871206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hedwig Eisenbarth, Caitlin Heesterman, Manjuparna Raychaudhuri, Kelly Shearer
{"title":"Fledgling psychopathy or just conduct problems? Commentary on the paper: Fledgling psychopaths at midlife: Forensic features, criminal careers, and coextensive psychopathology by Matt DeLisi, Alan J. Drury & Michael J. Elbert","authors":"Hedwig Eisenbarth, Caitlin Heesterman, Manjuparna Raychaudhuri, Kelly Shearer","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100020"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47214499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treating opioid use disorders in the criminal justice system with pharmacotherapy","authors":"Susan Schenk, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Louise Dixon","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>People who suffer from opioid use disorders (illicit and prescription opioids) are disproportionately involved in criminal activities and a high percentage of those incarcerated suffer from these disorders. Despite the established efficacy of pharmacotherapy for opioid use disorders this intervention is infrequently offered to criminal justice populations. This review sets out to understand the nature of the relationship between opioid use disorders and criminal offending and the efficacy of pharmacotherapy in reducing both relapse and criminal recidivism, with a view to informing policy and practice.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A narrative review of the published literature in the area of opioid use, criminal offending, and pharmacotherapy efficacy, was undertaken.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The evidence shows that (1) there is a high prevalence of opioid misuse in the criminal offending population; (2) criminal recidivism amongst those with an opioid use disorder is high (3) pharmacotherapy proves effective for opioid use disorders during and after incarceration, and (4) pharmacotherapy for offending populations decreases both relapse to drug-taking and criminal recidivism.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The findings show that responding to opioid use disorders in the criminal justice system with pharmacotherapy is warranted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100009"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42912358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Liebrenz , Dinesh Bhugra , Anna Buadze , Roman Schleifer
{"title":"Caring for persons in detention suffering with mental illness during the Covid-19 outbreak","authors":"Michael Liebrenz , Dinesh Bhugra , Anna Buadze , Roman Schleifer","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100013"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39027125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"United States drug courts and opioid agonist therapy: Missing the target of overdose reduction","authors":"Joanne Csete","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100024"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39027127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dinesh Bhugra , Rajiv Wijesuriya , Sam Gnanapragasam , Albert Persaud
{"title":"Black and minority mental health in the UK: Challenges and solutions","authors":"Dinesh Bhugra , Rajiv Wijesuriya , Sam Gnanapragasam , Albert Persaud","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100036","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100036"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40309968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coral Sirdifield , Charlie Brooker , Rebecca Marples
{"title":"Substance misuse and community supervision: A systematic review of the literature","authors":"Coral Sirdifield , Charlie Brooker , Rebecca Marples","doi":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A narrative systematic review was undertaken of the literature concerning the health of people on probation or parole (community supervision). In this paper, we provide an up-to-date summary of what is known about substance misuse in this context. This includes estimates of the prevalence and complexity of substance misuse in those under community supervision, and studies of the effectiveness of approaches to treating substance misuse and engaging and retaining this population in treatment. A total of 5125 papers were identified in the initial electronic searches, and after careful double-blind review only 31 papers related to this topic met our criteria. In addition, a further 15 background papers were identified which are reported. We conclude that internationally there is a high prevalence and complexity of substance misuse amongst people under community supervision. Despite clear benefits to individuals and the wider society through improved health, and reduced re-offending; it is still difficult to identify the most effective ways of improving health outcomes for this group in relation to substance misuse from the research literature. Further research and investment is needed to support evidence-based commissioning by providing a detailed and up-to-date profile of needs and the most effective ways of addressing them, and sufficient funds to ensure that appropriate treatment is available and its impact can be continually measured. Without this, it will be impossible to truly establish effective referral and treatment pathways providing continuity of care for individuals as they progress through, and exit, the criminal justice pathway.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":33816,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Science International Mind and Law","volume":"1 ","pages":"Article 100031"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.fsiml.2020.100031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38833331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}