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Should Institutions that Commit Patients also be Gatekeepers to Information about Civil Commitment? Implications for Research and Policy
Author(s)McCubbin, Michael; Dallaire, Bernadette; Cohen, David K.; Morin, Paul
AbstractPublic policies must be designed to meet widely shared values and objectives as well as to enable the evaluation of said policies. However, in the justice-mental health field, there is generally a dearth of evidence demonstrating how laws and policies meet their stated objectives. The authors use civil commitment research in Québec, Canada to illustrate how legal provisions and institutional discretion made research in this area almost impossible; how this prevented evaluating the operation of pertinent laws and policies; and how this occurred despite the fact that social research agencies, governmental authorities, community resources, user groups, and health and justice organizations officially encouraged and awaited such research and evaluation efforts. The authors conclude by suggesting ways to enhance the accountability and evaluability of government interventions in the law-psychiatry interface.
IssueNo2
Pages1-22
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceRadical Psychology
VolumeNo1
PubDateFall 1999
ISBN_ISSN6091-0038


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