Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100200469

Funded Activity Summary

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.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2011

End Date: 27-11-2015

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $222,941.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation | Criminology | Courts and Sentencing | Police Administration, Procedures and Practice | Causes and Prevention of Crime

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental Health | Criminal Justice | Crime Prevention | Law Enforcement | Rehabilitation and Correctional Services |

Other Keywords

Causes and Prevention of Crime | Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation | Courts and Sentencing | Crime Prevention | Criminal Justice | Criminology | Law Enforcement | Mental Health | Police Administration, Procedures and Practice | Rehabilitation and Correctional Services

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