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Crime and victimisation:

• Mind says no more coercion to ‘No secrets’ consultation | in News Story
  Mind warns against more intervention by care staff into the lives of mental health service users.
• High Court finds Crown Prosecution Service to be discriminating against victims with mental health problems | in News Story
  In a landmark ruling, the Crown Prosecution Service Human Rights Act after deciding not to pursue the case of an assault victim in court on the grounds that the victim had a mental health problem.
• Campaign in your area | in Access to justice
  You can support the Another Assault campaign if you are part of a local Mind association. Local groups are key to bringing about change in communities.
• Another assault | in Campaign report
  The Another Assault report explores the extent of fear, crime and victimisation to which people with mental distress are exposed, and uncovers the barriers people with mental distress face in accessing criminal justice agencies.
• Justice system failing victims with mental health problems | in News Story
  A new House of Commons report highlights concerns about the treatment of people with mental health problems in the criminal justice system.
• Access to justice is a basic human right | in Blog Post
  We need a change in attitudes, towards a system that treats someone with a mental health problem as an equal citizen with equal access to justice.
• Mind reveals alarming levels of disability hate crime | in News Story
• Mind condemns scandal of sexual abuse on mental health wards - data withheld by Government | in News Story
  A shocking patient safety report leaked today indicates the scandal of widespread sexual harassment, abuse, and rape on mental health wards.
• Mind nominee given criminal justice award! | in News Story
  Police officer recognised for introducing innovative mental health awareness training in Hackney.
• Police mental health champion wins social justice commendation | in News Story
  PC Richard Harwin has been Commended by the Una Padel Award for his work with City and Hackney Mind.
• Mental illness and violence | in Blog Post
  Marion Janner on substance abuse, stigma and sense of self.
• Crime victims with mental distress - unreliable witnesses? | in Blog Post
  Victims and witnesses of crime are often denied access to justice because of their mental health problems.
• Police and mental health: let’s have positive change, not populist myth | in Blog Post
  Are police officers the right people to deal with offenders with mental health problems? Yes, says Mind's Policy and Campaigns Officer.
• Police guide - campaigning tips | in The police and mental health
• The mental toll of disability hate crime | in Blog Post
  As the EHRC continues its inquiry into disability-related harrassment this summer, David Stocks shares his personal experience of the devastating consequences hate crime can have on mental health.
• Another assault | in Blog Post
  Victims and witnesses of crime with mental health problems still do not have equal access to justice.
• Spending Review, police and mental health | in Blog Post
  Cuts in policing announced in Wednesday's Comprehensive Spending Review threaten equal access to justice.
• The future of mental health services? Don’t forget the current failures. | in Blog Post
  Is abuse committed when people are in the care of mental health services is somehow less of a crime?
• Positive police responses to people in crisis | in Blog Post
  As part of our Another assault campaign for equal access to justice, we have been calling on the police to improve the way they respond to people who experience mental distress.
• Adding insult to injury | in Blog Post
  Sian Greenhead, a researcher with Victim Support, writes about how some people with mental health problems are being let down by the justice system.
• Shocking number of rapes and sexual assaults in London’s Mental Health Trusts | in News Story
  A Sunday Politics London investigation has shown more than 500 allegations in past four years.
• Speaking up for men who have suffered domestic violence | in Blog Post
  "Domestic abuse left me with PTSD and I felt like a stranger in a world I once knew. " Stu blogs for us today about his experiences because "men need help too."