Correctional Mental Health Handbook
Contributors: Thomas J. Fagan (Editor); Robert K. Ax (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: December 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780761927532
Subjects: Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; Psychiatry; Psychology; Prisoners; Mental Health; Sociology; Clinical Psychology; Penology; Social Science / Criminology; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Reference; Mental health services
First sentence: The housing and treatment of both criminal offenders and individuals with mental disorders in prisons and jails has been a recurring theme in corrections since confinement became a socially accepted means of punishment (Roberts, 1997).