Serving Mentally Ill Offenders
Title | Serving Mentally Ill Offenders PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Landsberg, DSW |
Publisher | Springer Publishing Company |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2002-01-10 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 082619723X |
This comprehensive book addresses the complex issues associated with the criminalization of mentally ill offenders in the United States and the ways in which social workers and other mental health professionals can best channel their efforts to create better services and treatment. Specialists in law enforcement, community-based mental health and outreach, the legal community, the corrections environment, and substance abuse providers present best practices and programs that offer rehabilitation alternatives to mentally ill offenders. Unique to this volume is the perspective provided by key players of the criminal justice system including a judge, a prosecutor, an advocate, a defense attorney, and a mentally ill offender. The last section provides in-depth research into the challenges of placing the dually-diagnosed offender into alternative-to-incarceration programs.
Coordinating Community Services for Mentally Ill Offenders
Title | Coordinating Community Services for Mentally Ill Offenders PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine H. Conly |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Community mental health services |
ISBN |
Mental Disorder and Crime
Title | Mental Disorder and Crime PDF eBook |
Author | Sheilagh Hodgins |
Publisher | SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1992-12-29 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780803950238 |
Contributors to this volume present and discuss new data which suggest that major mental disorder substantially increases the risk of violent crime. These findings come at a crucial time, since those who suffer from mental disorders are increasingly living in the community, rather than in institutions. The book describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem and offers hope that humane, effective intervention can prevent violent crime being committed by the seriously mentally disordered.
Forensic Mental Health
Title | Forensic Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Landsberg |
Publisher | Civic Research Institute, Inc. |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Community mental health services |
ISBN | 1887554173 |
Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers
Title | Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers PDF eBook |
Author | Paula M. Ditton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Mental health services |
ISBN |
Mentally Ill Offenders in California's Criminal Justice System
Title | Mentally Ill Offenders in California's Criminal Justice System PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Nieto |
Publisher | |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Dangerously mentally ill |
ISBN |
Prepared at the request of Assembly member Helen Thomson, Chair, Assembly Select Committee on Mental Health.
Insane
Title | Insane PDF eBook |
Author | Alisa Roth |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2018-04-03 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0465094201 |
An urgent exposéf the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people in America's jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders. In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker. Through intimate stories of people in the system and those trying to fix it, Roth reveals the hidden forces behind this crisis and suggests how a fairer and more humane approach might look. Insane is a galvanizing wake-up call for criminal justice reformers and anyone concerned about the plight of our most vulnerable.