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The restricted hospital order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Graham Robertson
Graham Robertson*
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Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5
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Under the 1959 Mental Health Act of England and Wales, it was possible for courts to sentence offenders to hospital provided they had been found guilty of an offence which was punishable by a term of imprisonment. Higher courts could add restrictions to a hospital order if they so wished. This power has been retained in the 1983 Mental Health Act and this paper examines the nature and use of the restricted hospital order.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1989, pp. 4 - 11
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