Webster C D, Phillips M S, Stermac L
Can Ment Health. 1985 Sep;33(3):28-32.
Gross demographic data are supplied on all patients held under Warrants of the Lieutenant Governor in Canada. The composition of the total population varies considerably from one province to another, with resulting differences in such important factors as total time spent on warrant. A plea is made for some kind of continuing monitoring of this expensive-to-treat group, and it is argued that the Boards of Review are, because of lack of basic statistical information, at an unnecessary disadvantage when it comes to making decisions as to whether to release individuals or not. It is suggested that a fairly simple information and tracking system could reduce treatment costs, with concomitant decreases in confinement of patients, without at the same time increasing risk of harm to the general population.
提供了所有根据加拿大副总督授权关押的患者的总体人口统计数据。各省总人口的构成差异很大，导致诸如授权关押总时长等重要因素存在差异。有人呼吁对这个治疗成本高昂的群体进行某种持续监测，并认为审查委员会由于缺乏基本统计信息，在决定是否释放个体时处于不必要的劣势。建议建立一个相当简单的信息和跟踪系统，既可以降低治疗成本，同时减少患者的监禁时间，又不会增加对普通民众造成伤害的风险。
