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The criminalization of mental illness : crisis and opportunity for the justice system
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- Creator
- Risdon N. Slate, Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum, W. Wesley Johnson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Second edition
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2013]
- Physical Details
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- xix, 550 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 1611630398, 9781611630398
- OCLC
- ocn827852526
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- The history of criminalization of persons with mental illnesses -- Challenges and needs of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system -- Civil commitment -- Outpatient commitment -- The law enforcement response to persons with mental issnesses in crises -- Jail processing of persons with mental illnesses -- Traditional court processing of defendants with mental illness, Part I : competency to stand trial -- Traditional court processing of defendants with mental illness, Part II : the insanity defense -- Mental health courts -- Mental illness in the prison population : secure and treat? -- Diversion and reentry : strategies for discharging offenders living with mental illness -- Conclusion : striving for informed policies