Author: GIBBENS, T.C.N., SOOTHILL, K.L., & POPE, P.J.
Title: Medical Remands in the Criminal Court.
Description: Oxford University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Part of the Institute of Psychiatry Maudsley Monographs series, no. 25. Examines "...the administrative and other reasons for ...accused persons [being] remanded in custody by the magistrates' courts for medical reports even though they are not dangerous, do not usually receive a prison sentence on return to court, and have even been given bail by the police or the court itself before the decision to obtain a medical report". Compares the areas of London and Wessex. Scarce. Out of print. 133pp. ISBN 0-19-712147-0.

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