Race, gender, and mental illness in the criminal justice system
By: Melissa Thompson.
Series: Criminal justice : recent scholarship; Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.; LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.; Crime and race -- United States.; Crime -- United States -- Sex differences.; Criminals -- Mental health -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the research; title: The study of gender, race, mental illness, and crime; title: Extending sociological theory; title: Data, measures, and statistical procedures; title: Predictors of psychiatric evaluation; title: The effect of mental health evaluations on case outcomes; title: Implications for theory and research on crime and mental illness.