title: Can the law serve as the solution to social ills? The case of the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act, 1995.
abstract: The background to the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act, 1995 is reviewed briefly. Some problems concerning the Act's provisions for 'supervised discharge' are then discussed. Some more general extrapolations follow concerning the problems of legislating for social and personal 'ills'.
authors.affiliation: Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Loughborough.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prins
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012606:Scotland; D012940:Social Problems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012946:Social Welfare; D014852:Wales; D000078329:Workforce