Prison medicine is a unique branch of medical practice undertaken by a number of doctors who have chosen to work in penal establishments either full-time or part-time. It comprises the provision of a comprehensive medical service within certain legal constraints. The four papers in this document were given at a ...
This paper is about the service needs of people who have mental health problems and who exhibit persistently anti-social behaviour of a kind likely to result in their appearance before a criminal court. In this document these people have been termed `lost souls'.