Criminalization of mental illness
Subtitle: crisis and opportunity for the justice system
By: by Risdon N. Slate, W. Wesley Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, W. Wesley.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594602689
Subjects: Insanity (Law) -- United States; Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States; Mentally ill offenders -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of maintaining order with persons with mental illnesses; title: The criminalization of persons with mental illnesses; title: The law enforcement response to persons with mental illnesses in crises; title: Mental health courts discharge planning : diversion & reentry outpatient commitment; title: Jail processing of persons with mental illnesses; title: Dealing with mental illness in the prison population; title: Psychological profiles of criminal justice practitioners : how experiences and attitudes shape the treatment of those with mental illness; title: The intersection of mental illness and criminal law.