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dc.contributor.authorMcIntyre, M
dc.contributor.authorWhite, P
dc.contributor.authorTownsend, C
dc.contributor.authorWhite, A
dc.contributor.authorCullen, J
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-22T04:01:10Z
dc.date.available2021-01-22T04:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0004-8674
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/401431
dc.description.abstractBackground: The need for improved assessment and management processes to identify complex disability including mental health disorders, alcohol and drug misuse and neurocognitive disability (NCD) in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and reduce Indigenous incarceration and reoffending is well recognized (COAG, 2016; Sofronoff, 2016). There is an absence of culturally safe assessments to inform the court as to the presence and nature of complex disability and its impact on offending behaviour and adherence to bail conditions and court orders. This impacts on the court’s ability to determine appropriate sentencing, diversionary programmes and post-release support. Objectives: To improve information provided to Brisbane Murri Court regarding complex disability including mental health disorders, alcohol and drug misuse, and NCD through application of a culturally safe assessment tool (The Guddi Protocol). Methods: Routine Guddi assessments were undertaken for people pleading guilty in the Murri Court at pre-sentencing, and reports made available to the Court to inform sentencing and post-release decisions. The interview questionnaire explored the utility and acceptability of the tool in this setting. Findings: Results included high levels of complex disability and functional impairment; improved assessment of Murri Court participants; enhanced quality of information provided to the Murri Court; enhanced Court knowledge about impacts of complex disability; and a high level of acceptance of the Guddi Protocol by stakeholders. Conclusions: The Guddi Protocol shows promise as a culturally safe and appropriate method to identify complex disability in Murri Court participants; the Protocol contributes to more effective sentencing responses, which could ultimately reduce recidivism and prison overcrowding.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0004867419836919
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleRANZCP 2019 Congress
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2019-05-12
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2019-05-16
dc.relation.ispartoflocationCairns, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom50
dc.relation.ispartofpageto50
dc.relation.ispartofissue1_suppl
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume53
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPsychiatry
dc.titleIdentifying Complex Disability in Murri Court Participants
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE3 - Conferences (Extract Paper)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMcIntyre, M; White, P; Townsend, C; White, A; Cullen, J, Identifying Complex Disability in Murri Court Participants, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2019, 53, pp. 50-50
dc.date.updated2021-01-22T03:58:37Z
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gro.griffith.authorCullen, Jennifer
gro.griffith.authorMcIntyre, Michelle K.
gro.griffith.authorTownsend, Clare E.


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