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Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System. (Record no. 1286)

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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field	MKT
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9789914996418
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	ZCL
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number	RC435
Item number	.M46 2023
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Ambani Osogo and Sipalla Humphrey
Relator term	Editors
9 (RLIN)	299
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System.
Statement of responsibility, etc.	J Osogo Ambani and Humphrey Sipalla.
Medium	(Both Hardcopy and Softcopy)
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Nakuru, Kenya :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Kabarak University Press ,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2023.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	ix, 134 pages.
Other physical details	25cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Foreword............................................................................................................ xi<br/>Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ xiii<br/>Chapter 1<br/>Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1<br/>J Osogo Ambani & Humphrey Sipalla<br/>Chapter 2<br/>‘Pariah, prisoner or patient?’: A brief history of persons with<br/>intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Kenya’s criminal justice<br/>system.................................................................................................................. 11<br/>Lizzy Muthoni Kibira<br/>Introduction............................................................................................ 11<br/>The origins of the ‘insanity defence’....................................................... 12<br/>The origins of linkages between mental illness and criminal law in<br/>Kenya ...................................................................................................... 16<br/>The development of ethno-psychiatry ................................................... 19<br/>Recent legal developments..................................................................... 25<br/>Conclusion .............................................................................................. 27<br/>Chapter 3<br/>The evolution of the rights of persons with intellectual and<br/>psychosocial disabilities in international human rights law................... 29<br/>J Osogo Ambani, Marion Joy Ochangwa, Maryanne Njogu & Rahab Wakuraya<br/>Mureithi<br/>Introduction............................................................................................ 29<br/>The definition of ‘disability’ in international human rights law............ 30<br/>The UN human rights framework.......................................................... 33<br/>Implementing and monitoring compliance with the CRPD ............ 40<br/>UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 43<br/>The AU human rights framework .......................................................... 44<br/>Specific rights of persons with intellectual and psychosocial<br/>disabilities under international human rights law ................................ 50<br/>Specific rights-based protections for persons with intellectual and<br/>psychosocial disabilities in the criminal justice system................... 55<br/>Reversing the ‘insanity defence’ through the right to legal capacity 57<br/>Conclusion .............................................................................................. 59<br/>Chapter 4<br/>An overview of the legal and policy framework for the protection of<br/>persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Kenya.......... 61<br/>Rahab Wakuraya Mureithi & Maryanne Njogu<br/>Introduction............................................................................................ 61<br/>2010 Constitution................................................................................... 62<br/>Rights within the Bill of Rights......................................................... 62<br/>Rights outside the Bill of Rights ....................................................... 64<br/>Acts of Parliament .................................................................................. 65<br/>Criminal Procedure Code.................................................................. 65<br/>Penal Code......................................................................................... 69<br/>Mental Health Act............................................................................. 70<br/>Prisons Act ......................................................................................... 71<br/>Persons Deprived of Liberty Act....................................................... 72<br/>Policies and guidelines ........................................................................... 72<br/>The Standing Orders......................................................................... 72<br/>Guidelines on the Decision to Charge, 2019 .................................... 75<br/>Bail and Bond Policy Guidelines....................................................... 75<br/>Conclusion .............................................................................................. 76<br/>Chapter 5<br/>Between arrest and sentence: Treatment of persons with intellectual<br/>and psychosocial disabilities in Kenya’s criminal justice system .......... 77<br/>Lizzy Muthoni Kibira & Kevin Kipchirchir<br/>Introduction............................................................................................ 77<br/>Offences criminalising intellectual or psychosocial disability............... 79<br/>Arrest and intellectual or psychosocial disability .................................. 82<br/>Decision to charge a person with intellectual or psychosocial<br/>disability ................................................................................................. 83<br/>Fitness to stand trial............................................................................... 83<br/>The ‘insanity defence’ during trial ......................................................... 85<br/>Support and facilitation through intermediaries in court<br/>proceedings ....................................................................................... 88<br/>The ‘insanity defence’ during sentencing and punishment................. 93<br/>Conclusion ............................................................................................ 99<br/>Chapter 6........................................................................................................... 101<br/>Emerging judicial jurisprudence on mental health in Kenya’s<br/>criminal justice system................................................................................... 101<br/>J Osogo Ambani, Kevin Kipchirchir & Alex Tamei<br/>Introduction.......................................................................................... 101<br/>Phases of post-2010 judicial jurisprudence......................................... 104<br/>Phase 1: Circumventing Government bureaucracy........................ 104<br/>Phase 2: Questioning the constitutionality of the CPC .................. 109<br/>Phase 3: The Lady Justice Lesiit School.......................................... 114<br/>Phase 4: Higher jurisprudential chaos ............................................ 118<br/>Conclusion ............................................................................................ 120<br/>Chapter 7<br/>Selected African judicial jurisprudence on mental health and the<br/>criminal justice system................................................................................... 121<br/>Justus Otiso & Kevin Kipchirchir<br/>Introduction........................................................................................... 121<br/>Selected African case studies................................................................ 122<br/>Namibia........................................................................................... 122<br/>South Africa..................................................................................... 124<br/>Uganda ............................................................................................ 125<br/>Zimbabwe........................................................................................ 129<br/>Conclusion ............................................................................................ 133
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc.	A legal and policy analysis of how mental health conditions interact with Kenya's criminal justice system, edited by leading Kenyan legal scholars.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Human rights
General subdivision	Legislation and jurisprudence
Geographic subdivision	Kenya.
9 (RLIN)	300
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Criminal justice, Administration of
Geographic subdivision	Kenya.
9 (RLIN)	301
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Mentally ill offenders
General subdivision	Legal status, laws, etc.
Geographic subdivision	Kenya.
9 (RLIN)	302
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Forensic psychiatry
Geographic subdivision	Kenya.
9 (RLIN)	303
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Mental health services
General subdivision	Administration and legislation
Geographic subdivision	Kenya.
9 (RLIN)	304
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element	Insanity defense
Geographic subdivision	Kenya.
9 (RLIN)	305
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Osogo Ambani and Humphrey Sipalla.
Relator term	Editors
9 (RLIN)	306
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme	Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type	Books
Classification part	RC435
Item part	.M46 2023

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