In the email version of this article, you mention some of the ways that the numbers are underestimated, namely those not convicted because they were not fit to plead, numbers of perpetrators rather than numbers of victims, numbers of those who only saw health professionals. Just wanted to add another - those who aren’t even charged with a crime. My neighbour, who is paranoid schizophrenic, has threatened to kill multiple neighbours multiple times. Last year, he attacked another neighbour in his car with a foot-long screwdriver. When the police arrived, he attacked them. He was back in his house a month later *having received no charges*. Multiple children in our square. Multiple older people. Constant smell of weed from his house. To be honest, it seems just like a matter of time.
It must be noted that for many categories of illness/morbidity/mortality, there is frequently a focus on racism as a cause when disparities are observed, even when it might be a confounder/mediator of other factors, or related to biology. Cf. Covid deaths and maternal mortality it is at the forefront of the discourse.
We could clearly do this better. I would like to know what other developed countries do. All states with capacity need to make a choice regarding how much risk they are prepared to tolerate before applying preventative detention, I'd like to know where others have made their choice, to the extent that a documented, conscious choice has been made.
Interesting, thanks Neil. Though presumably the only safe action for lots of these people is to keep them locked up permanently (or deported if possible, though they will then be a danger wherever they end up). That will take a whole load of money, probably a big part of the reason they are loose in the community. Will Conservatives earmark the investment needed to provide for the required facilities and care/control?
In the email version of this article, you mention some of the ways that the numbers are underestimated, namely those not convicted because they were not fit to plead, numbers of perpetrators rather than numbers of victims, numbers of those who only saw health professionals. Just wanted to add another - those who aren’t even charged with a crime. My neighbour, who is paranoid schizophrenic, has threatened to kill multiple neighbours multiple times. Last year, he attacked another neighbour in his car with a foot-long screwdriver. When the police arrived, he attacked them. He was back in his house a month later *having received no charges*. Multiple children in our square. Multiple older people. Constant smell of weed from his house. To be honest, it seems just like a matter of time.
That’s very alarming sorry. Thanks for mentioning.
It must be noted that for many categories of illness/morbidity/mortality, there is frequently a focus on racism as a cause when disparities are observed, even when it might be a confounder/mediator of other factors, or related to biology. Cf. Covid deaths and maternal mortality it is at the forefront of the discourse.
We could clearly do this better. I would like to know what other developed countries do. All states with capacity need to make a choice regarding how much risk they are prepared to tolerate before applying preventative detention, I'd like to know where others have made their choice, to the extent that a documented, conscious choice has been made.
Someone drew my attention to this screening data
https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/health/mental-health/adults-experiencing-a-psychotic-disorder/latest/#by-ethnicity-and-sex
Interesting, thanks Neil. Though presumably the only safe action for lots of these people is to keep them locked up permanently (or deported if possible, though they will then be a danger wherever they end up). That will take a whole load of money, probably a big part of the reason they are loose in the community. Will Conservatives earmark the investment needed to provide for the required facilities and care/control?