Consultation...The Criminal Justice System (CJS) and legal guidance for mental health issues, IfJ (2019)

Intermediaries for Justice, 2019 The Crown Prosecution Service sought IfJ's views on how the criminal justice system deals with those suffering from mental health issues.

These are IfJ's comments on the draft Legal Guidance for mental health conditions and disorders,  focussing on revised guidance which is designed to assist decision making throughout the life of a criminal case, from the initial decision to prosecute, through fitness to plead to sentencing.

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IfJ commentary