Mental illness and criminal behavior
By: Shannon Fiack, book editor.
Contributors: Fiack, Shannon.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780737744347; 9780737744354
Subjects: Mentally ill offenders; Violent crimes -- Psychological aspects; Violence -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mental illness and substance abuse increase the risk of violence / Richard A. Friedman, M.D; title: There is a relationship between schizoid personality disorder and violence / Wagdy Loza and Samia Hanna; title: Mental illness and crime cannot be compared due to varying definitions / Herschel Prins; title: Criminals know right from wrong, regardless of mental illness / Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D; title: Violent people should be treated as criminals rather than as patients / Dr. Peter Breggin; title: The mentally ill are warehoused in prisons due to inadequate health services / William Kanapaux; title: Psychiatric hospitals are not equivalent to prison / Joanmarie Ilaria Davioli; title: Mentally ill prison inmates need special treatment / Kenneth Adams and Joseph Ferrandino; title: The mentally ill are mishandled by the justice system / ACLU; title: The not guilty by reason of insanity plea should remain valid / Mental Health America; title: Insanity should be a medical, not a legal, determination / Dirk Olin; title: Television shapes views of mental health and crime / Rachel Gans-Boriskin, Claire Wardle.