Contents
Part Two:	High risk patients
	Executive summary
Chapter 1	Mental disorder and public protection
	Introduction
	Who are we talking about?
	Dangerous People with Severe Personality Disorder
	How these proposals link to the Government's objectives and priorities
	Safeguards to protect patients
	Oversight of the new legislation
Chapter 2	Managing Dangerous People with Severe Personality Disorder
	The problem
	The Government's proposals
	The consultation process
	Cost benefit analysis
	The way forward
	Managing the programme of change
	Definitions
Chapter 3	New statutory powers for the assessment and treatment of high risk patients in civil proceedings
	Criteria for compulsory care and treatment
	Assessment for use of compulsory powers
	The Mental Health Tribunal and high risk patients
	Discharge of high risk patients
Chapter 4	Statutory powers for the assessment and treatment of high risk mentally disordered offenders
	Offenders before the Courts
	Prisoners
	Role of the Tribunal for patients subject to restrictions
	Role of Parole Board for prisoners serving a life sentence
	Discharge of restricted patients from hospital and provisions for recall
	Provision of information to victims of mentally disordered offenders
Chapter 5	Information sharing and risk management
	Local arrangements for risk assessment and management in the community of potentially dangerous offenders
Chapter 6	Managing high risk individuals ­ service development
	Introduction
	Developing secure mental health services
	Prison mental health services
	Developing specialist services for those who are dangerous and severely personality disordered
	New capacity
	Towards a new 'whole system' service approach
	The assessment process
	Treatment
	Developing effective community services
	Staffing issues
	Research and international comparisons
	Services for women who are dangerous and severely personality disordered
	Prevention strategies
	Conclusion
Glossary of terms