Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 February 2003

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Second Stage.

 

In terms of the way the law deals with crime, there are people who appear in droves before the courts who never had a chance. I refer here to people who come from a particular type of background which involved multiple forms of deprivation. These individuals never had any stability in their lives. Psychiatrists take great exception when society decides the psychiatric service should look after these people and others take great exception if they end up in prison. I say this by way of being in a dilemma, because I do not believe anyone has a unique magic wand.

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