Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore

Mentally disordered offenders pose a unique challenge to criminal justice systems. Worldwide there is an observable trend of having a significant and rising number of mentally disordered offenders in prisons and other detention facilities. This article seeks to address how mentally disordered offend...

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Main Author:	CHUA, Eunice
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Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
Subjects:	Asian Studies Criminal Procedure
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.sol_research-37202016-10-19T05:38:55Z Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore CHUA, Eunice Mentally disordered offenders pose a unique challenge to criminal justice systems. Worldwide there is an observable trend of having a significant and rising number of mentally disordered offenders in prisons and other detention facilities. This article seeks to address how mentally disordered offenders are sentenced in the US and in Singapore, and discusses whether the present approach to sentencing suitably addresses the broad goals of the criminal justice system while taking into account the situation of mentally disordered offenders. 2011-09-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1768 http://journalsonline.academypublishing.org.sg/Journals/Singapore-Academy-of-Law-Journal/e-Archive/ctl/eFirstPublicAbstractView/mid/495/ArticleId/545?Citation=(2011)+23+SAcLJ+434 Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Criminal Procedure
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spellingShingle	Asian Studies Criminal Procedure CHUA, Eunice Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore
description	Mentally disordered offenders pose a unique challenge to criminal justice systems. Worldwide there is an observable trend of having a significant and rising number of mentally disordered offenders in prisons and other detention facilities. This article seeks to address how mentally disordered offenders are sentenced in the US and in Singapore, and discusses whether the present approach to sentencing suitably addresses the broad goals of the criminal justice system while taking into account the situation of mentally disordered offenders.
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title	Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore
title_short	Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore
title_full	Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore
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publishDate	2011
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Sentencing Mentally Disordered Offenders: Lessons from the US and Singapore

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