Dr Piers Gooding
Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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Politics & Society
Why are the rates of restrictive practices in Victoria’s mental health services so high?
Victoria has some of the highest reported rates of restrictive practices in mental health in Australia, but the upcoming Victorian Royal Commission may not investigate them
Health & Medicine
Coercion in mental health care: Finding a new way
Secluding, physically restraining or overmedicating people experiencing mental health crises still happens, but countries around the world are trialling successful alternatives
Politics & Society
Unfit to plead: Imprisoned without conviction
The right to justice is a cornerstone of the modern legal system, but those with cognitive disabilities can be ruled as ‘unfit to plead’. Now a two-year research project finds there may be a pathway to equal access to justice for those who need
Politics & Society
Disability-based disadvantage – a life sentence?
A new research project is focussing on the injustices around the indefinite detention of people with cognitive disabilities