The mental health concerns in Sweden have been increasing since the beginning of the 2000’s, where Skåne County in the southern parts of Sweden has shown to be slightly higher in a proportion of reported cases in comparison to other regions. To address the growing need for psychiatric healthcare, the health services of the region of Skåne (Region Skåne) have introduced a psychiatric ambulance unit as a part of first responders. The Prehospital Acute Psychiatry (PAP) ambulance is manned by health care professionals trained in mental health issues. The goal of Region Skåne is to reach 90% of the population within 20 minutes and 99% of the population within 35 minutes. This case study aims to provide valuable and useful information to the decision-makers in Region Skåne when placing additional PAP ambulance units. A PAP ambulance placed in an ambulance station uses an optimisation model previously created and is based on data and travel time analysis. The data analysis consists of K-Means clustering and Linear regression, to find similarities in the data as well as trends in the number of cases. The travel time analysis and the area and population coverage is based on 20, 35, and 60 minutes travel time from a station. The travel time is dependent on the road conditions as well as population density when considering ambulance stations for additional PAP ambulances. Malmö, Helsingborg, and Kristianstad/Hässleholm PAP stations are shown to be optimal choices, due to favourable road conditions and densely populated regions. Ambulances placed in these stations can cover much ground while also being able to attend to a major portion of the population. The data analysis also shows that it is beneficial to place ambulances in these stations, due to an increasing trend of mental illness cases in these areas symbolising a medium to a high number of cases in relation to the rest of Skåne.

Every human being deserves to have their rights respected all the times. Not only does the correctional system have the responsibility to rehabilitate offenders before they are released to the community but also to respect their rights throughout the rehabilitation process.. In this research the extent in which human rights affect the process of rehabilitation was outlined. This was achieved by analyzing the provisions of major human rights instruments, both internationally and nationally as well as standards required for the treatment of offenders. In addition various rehabilitation programmes were also discussed. The findings of the research indicated that South Africa has achieved a lot when it comes to the recognition of human rights. From the research it was discovered that indeed offenders' rights have an impact on the rehabilitation process. Based on these and other findings recommendations were made. / Criminal Justice / M. Tech. (Correctional Services Managemnent)

Every human being deserves to have their rights respected all the times. Not only does the correctional system have the responsibility to rehabilitate offenders before they are released to the community but also to respect their rights throughout the rehabilitation process.. In this research the extent in which human rights affect the process of rehabilitation was outlined. This was achieved by analyzing the provisions of major human rights instruments, both internationally and nationally as well as standards required for the treatment of offenders. In addition various rehabilitation programmes were also discussed. The findings of the research indicated that South Africa has achieved a lot when it comes to the recognition of human rights. From the research it was discovered that indeed offenders' rights have an impact on the rehabilitation process. Based on these and other findings recommendations were made. / Criminal Justice / M. Tech. (Correctional Services Managemnent)