title: Community treatment orders are not a good thing.
abstract: Does politicians' enthusiasm for community treatment orders lie primarily in the area of public protection? If so, can such orders reduce homicide rates? Is there adequate evidence of their value, given their adverse effects on individual liberty? This well-researched and provocative debate will enlighten readers on these and many more of the complicated questions surrounding this issue.
authors.affiliation: King's Fund, London, UK. slawton-smith@mhf.org.uk
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lawton-Smith
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom