The criminalization of mental illness
Subtitle: crisis and opportunity for the justice system
By: Risdon N. Slate, Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum, W. Wesley Johnson
Contributors: Buffington-Vollum, Jacqueline K.; Johnson, W. Wesley
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781611630398
Subjects: Insanity (Law); Mentally ill; Commitment and detention; Mentally ill offenders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The history of criminalization of persons with mental illnesses; title: Challenges and needs of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system; title: Civil commitment; title: Outpatient commitment; title: The law enforcement response to persons with mental issnesses in crises; title: Jail processing of persons with mental illnesses; title: Traditional court processing of defendants with mental illness, Part I : competency to stand trial; title: Traditional court processing of defendants with mental illness, Part II : the insanity defense; title: Mental health courts; title: Mental illness in the prison population : secure and treat?; title: Diversion and reentry : strategies for discharging offenders living with mental illness; title: Conclusion : striving for informed policies.