His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has produced a new report about police effectiveness in crime investigation.  First things first, I went looking with my favourite shortcut function: CRTL+F to bring up the “find” search facility and entered in the world “mental”.  You’re always at risk of bringing up the word “fundamental”, so you still have […]

Arbri Baja was convicted of rape in 2023 and sentenced by the court to a hospital order, under s37 of the Mental Health Act 1983, apparently unrestricted under s41 which I find unusual.  Perhaps it’s just incomplete media coverage as I would normally suspect an offence like rape to attract restrictions under s41. Earlier this […]

Can we agree – there are many misconceptions about how complex systems work when those of us affected by our mental health seriously offend?  There’s the (flawed) idea of whether people are “mad” or “bad“; whether someone has “capacity” (which is not a thing in criminal law); and when, if ever, offenders should be prosecuted […]