Quasi-compulsory treatment and security detention: the alternatives or communicating vessels?
Abstract:
The paper discusses relation between the quasi-compulsory treatment and the
security detention and risks associated with shortcomings in the current system of recording
and reporting data on their application. It describes a development of legal provisions
regulating conditions for the imposition of both measures and points out the gradual
extension of these conditions in regard to the security detention. It explains why the current
official databases containing criminal justice data cannot provide reliable, accurate
and comprehensive information on the use of quasi-compulsory treatment and security
detention. It uses data gathered from different sources in the framework of recent research
by IKSP to show to what extent official data differ from reality. Final part of the paper
discusses the possible future changes in application of both measures and emphasizes the
importance to improve current official databases for getting reliable grounds for such considerations.
Keywords:
quasi-compulsory treatment; security detention; data sources
Authors:
Šárka Blatníková, Petr Zeman
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