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Chapter 7 - Reports for Criminal Proceedings and in Prison Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2021

Keith Rix ,
Laurence Mynors-Wallis  and
Ciaran Craven
By
Keith Rix  and
Rajan Nathan
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In a criminal case, the defence, the prosecution or the court may instruct you. You may be asked to assess an accused, a complainant or another witness or a convicted prisoner in contemplation of parole or release on licence.

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Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence , pp. 98 - 191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Gledhill, K. (2012) Defending Mentally Disordered Offenders (Legal Action Group).Google Scholar
Hallett, N., Smit, N. and Rix, K. (2019) ‘Miscarriages of justice and expert psychiatric evidence: lessons from criminal appeals in England and Wales’, BJPsych Advances, 25, 251–64.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ormerod, D. and Perry, D. (gen. eds) (2020) Blackstone’s Criminal Practice (Oxford University Press).Google Scholar
Taylor, C. and Krish, J. (2010) Advising Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Practical Guide (The Law Society).Google Scholar

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