Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System

Name: Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System
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ISBN: 9780789037701

ISBN-10: 078903770X

ISBN-13: 9780789037701

Edition: 2008

Authors: Daniel W. Phillips III, Daniel W. Phillips

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Prisons and jails are increasingly being filled with inmates who suffer from mental illness and need treatment. Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System examines a wide range of the latest research and learned perspectives focusing on the intersection of mental health services and the criminal justice system. Top experts and academics discuss mental health treatment, its availability, its effectiveness, and just how cost effective it truly is to treat those in prisons and jails. This valuable text provides a broad interdisciplinary view of the topic and presents important qualitative and quantitative research of specific topics, such as the effectiveness of prisoner…

Book details

List price: $92.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 7.80" wide x 8.62" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.012



Preface


Mental Illness in Offender Populations: Prevalence, Duty and Implications



Jail Diversion: Addressing the Needs of Offenders with Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Disorders



Protecting Prisoners from Harmful Research: Is "Being Heard" Enough?



Justice Is in the Eye of the Beholder



An "Extended Care" Community Corrections Model for Seriously Mentally III Offenders



A Story Telling of Tragedy: Mental Illness, Molestation, Suicide, and the Penalty of Death



Gaols or De Facto Mental Institutions? Why Individuals with a Mental Illness are Over-Represented in the Criminal Justice System in New South Wales, Australia



Offenders with Mental Illness in the Correctional System



The Helping Alliance in Juvenile Probation: The Missing Element in the "What Works" Literature



The Mental Health of Young Offenders Serving Orders in the Community: Implications for Rehabilitation



Administrative Segregation for Mentally III Inmates



Preparing Communities for Re-Entry of Offenders with Mental Illness: The ACTION Approach



Costs, Control or Just Good Clinical Practice? The Use of Antipsychotic Medications and Formulary Decision-Making in Large U.S. Prisons and Jails



Co-Occurring Mental Disorders Among Incarcerated Women: Preliminary Findings from an Integrated Health Treatment Study



Modified Therapeutic Community Treatment for Offenders with Co-Occurring Disorders: Mental Health Outcomes



Recidivism Among Child Molesters: A Brief Overview



Designing a Classification System for Internet Offenders: Doing Cognitive Distortions



Index