The Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System

Name: The Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System
Price: 21.77 USD
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ISBN: 9781611630398

ISBN-10: 1611630398

ISBN-13: 9781611630398

Edition: 2013

Authors: Risdon N. Slate, W. Wesley Johnson, Jacqueline K. Buffington-vollum

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For a myriad of reasons the criminal justice system has become the de facto mental health system. This book explores how and why this is the case. Sensationalized cases often drive criminal justice policies that can sometimes be impulsively enacted and misguided. While there are chapters that examine competency, insanity, and inpatient and outpatient commitment, the primary focus of the book is on the bulk of encounters that clog the criminal justice system with persons with mental illnesses (pwmi). Criminal justice practitioners are often ill-equipped for dealing with pwmi in crises. However, via application of therapeutic jurisprudence principles some agencies are better preparing their…

Book details

List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 570
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English