Mercer D, Mason T, Richman J
Department of Nursing, Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK.
Aust N Z J Ment Health Nurs. 2001 Jun;10(2):105-15. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-0979.2001.00200.x.
This paper outlines the development and convergence of forensic science and secure psychiatric services in the UK, locating the professionalization of forensic nursing within a complex web of political, economic, and ideological structures. It is suggested that a stagnation of the therapeutic enterprise in high and medium security provision has witnessed an intrusion of medical power into the societal body. Expanding technologies of control and surveillance are discussed in relation to the move from modernity to postmodernity and the ongoing dynamic of medicalized offending. Four aspects of globalization are identified as impacting upon the organization and application of forensic practice: (i) organized capitalism and the exhaustion of the welfare state; (ii) security versus danger and trust versus risk; (iii) science as a meta-language; and (iv) foreclosure as a mechanism of censorship. Finally, as a challenge for the profession, some predictions are offered about the future directions or demise of forensic nursing.
本文概述了英国法医学与安全精神病服务的发展与融合，将法医护理的专业化置于政治、经济和意识形态结构的复杂网络之中。有人认为，在高度和中度安全设施中，治疗事业的停滞见证了医疗权力对社会机体的侵入。结合从现代性向后现代性的转变以及医疗化犯罪的持续动态，讨论了控制和监视技术的扩展。全球化的四个方面被确定为对法医实践的组织和应用产生影响：（i）有组织的资本主义和福利国家的耗尽；（ii）安全与危险、信任与风险；（iii）科学作为一种元语言；（iv）预先阻止作为一种审查机制。最后，作为对该专业的一项挑战，对法医护理的未来方向或消亡做出了一些预测。
