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Dr

Piers Gooding

Research Fellow
Law
disability
discrimination
CRPD
civil commitment
involuntary treatment
coercion
Sociolegal Studies
Criminal Justice
non-discrimination
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Dr

Piers Gooding

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Disability Rights Law
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Projects

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DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND THE LAW

2020 - 2023
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DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND THE LAW

2020 - 2023
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2019-2020 Mozilla Fellowship - Digital Mental Health Care and the Law

2019 - 2020
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Minimising Coercion in Mental Health Care

2019 - 2020
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Research on Non-Coercive Practices in Mental Health

2018 - 2018
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Projects

Project Types

3

Research Contracts

1

Internal Research Grant

1

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Mind the Gap: Researching ‘Alternatives to Coercion’ in Mental Health Care

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Book Chapter  |  2021

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Supported Decision-Making in Criminal Proceedings: A Sociolegal Empirical Study

Piers Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, Anna Arstein-Kerslake

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF DISABILITY POLICY STUDIES

This article outlines a project in which supported decision-making (SDM) and broader support to exercise legal capacity were provi..

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Ethics and Law in Research on Algorithmic and Data-Driven Technology in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review

Piers Gooding, Timothy Kariotis

Journal article  |  2021  |  JMIR MENTAL HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Uncertainty surrounds the ethical and legal implications of algorithmic and data-driven technologies in the mental hea..

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Psychiatry and law in the digital age: untangling the hype, risk and promise.

Piers Gooding, Kimberly Resnick

Journal article  |  2020  |  Int J Law Psychiatry

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Preventing and reducing 'coercion' in mental health services: an international scoping review of English-language studies

P Gooding, B McSherry, C Roper

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA

This article discusses initiatives aimed at preventing and reducing 'coercive practices' in mental health and community settings w..

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Can Laws “Commit” Governments to Provide Mental Health Services? A Role for Human Rights in Securing Resources

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Book Chapter  |  2020

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) came into force in 2006 and brings mental health i..

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The economic case for improving legal outcomes for accused persons with cognitive disability: an Australian study

Ruth McCausland, Rebecca Reeve, Piers Gooding

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW IN CONTEXT

People with cognitive disabilities face specific forms of discrimination and disadvantage in the criminal justice system, includin..

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Mapping the rise of digital mental health technologies: Emerging issues for law and society

Piers Gooding

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY

The use of digital technologies in mental health initiatives is expanding, leading to calls for clearer legal and regulatory frame..

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Mental health and human rights in the 21st century

Dainius Puras, Piers Gooding

Journal article  |  2019  |  WORLD PSYCHIATRY

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Implementing a Participatory Human Rights-Based Research Methodology: The Unfitness to Plead Project

Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Piers Gooding, Sarah Mercer, Marlena Raymond, Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Human Rights Practice

This article describes a novel action-research methodology that combines aspects of participatory methods and emancipatory princip..

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Keyword Analysis

Justice and the Law
Law in Context
Other Law and Legal Studies
International and Comparative Law
Community Services
Health Services and Systems
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Legal Systems
Other Psychology
Policy and Administration

News

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Why are the rates of restrictive practices in Victoria’s mental health services so high?

Piers Gooding, Yvette Maker

Twenty years ago, it was generally agreed Victoria had the best mental health services in Australia. But today, there are signs it’s faring ..

January 18, 2019
pursuit Article
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Coercion in mental health care: Finding a new way

Bernadette McSherry, Piers Gooding

Controlling the behaviour of people experiencing mental health crises by strapping them into beds or chairs or overmedicating them may seem ..

October 5, 2018
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Unfit to plead: Imprisoned without conviction

Piers Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, Anna Arstein-Kerslake

In 2001, nineteen-year-old Marlon Noble was charged with sexual offences against two young girls. If convicted, he would likely have served ..

September 4, 2017
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The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership

Piers Gooding

People with intellectual disability face so many barriers to finding a home of their own that it’s hard to pick one. shutterstockImagine two..

March 31, 2017
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Disability-based disadvantage – a life sentence?

Louis Andrews, Piers Gooding, Bernadette McSherry, Anna Arstein-Kerslake

A new research project is investigating support systems that may help prevent disability-based disadvantage and discrimination in the crimin..

March 31, 2016
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What Making a Murderer tells us about disability and disadvantage in criminal law

Piers Gooding, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Bernadette McSherry, Louis Andrews

Those with learning or other disabilities need someone to back them up in the legal system to avoid injustices. Making a Murderer/NetflixThi..

February 9, 2016
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Compulsory psych treatment in the home is ineffective, costly and violates human rights

Piers Gooding

Forcing people to take medication against their will violates their human rights. from www.shutterstock.com.auA form of compulsory psychiat..

December 17, 2015
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Research Award
2019

Mozilla Open Science Fellow '19-20
2018

Brocher Fondation - Visiting Fellowship, Geneva
2015

Vice-Chancellor’s commendation for thesis excellence, Faculty of Law recipient

Monash University
2012

Australian Bicentennial Scholarship

Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King’s College London
2011

Greek/Australian Legal & Medical Conference

The Dontas Family Travelling Fellowship
2010

Australian Postgraduate Award - PhD scholarship

Monash University
2008

Australian Postgraduate Award - PhD scholarship

University of Melbourne

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Research Fellow

Law

Member

Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Law)

Monash University

Bachelor of Arts

University of Melbourne

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