Mental Health and Punishments: Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice

Synopsis

How might we best manage those who have offended but have mental vulnerabilities? How are risks identified, managed and minimised? What are ideological differences of care and control, punishment and therapy negotiated in practice? These questions are just some which are debated in the eleven chapters of this book. Each with their focus on a given area, authors raise the challenges, controversies, dilemmas and concerns attached to this particular context of delivering justice. Taking insights on imprisonment, community punishments and forensic services, this book provides a broad analysis of environments. But it also casts a critical light on how punishment of the mentally vulnerable sits within public attitudes and ideas, policy discourses, and the ways in which those seen to present as risky and dangerous are imagined. Written in a clear and direct style, this book serves as a valuable resource for those studying, working or researching at the intersections of healthcare and criminal justice domains. This book is essential reading for students and practitioners within the fields of criminology and criminal justice, social work, forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry, mental health nursing and probation.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781351240598

Related ISBNs:

9781351240611, 9780815375159, 9780815375159, 9780815375142, 9780815375142

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/22/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Paul Taylor, Sharon Morley and Jason Powell

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Paul Taylor

Edited by:

Sharon Morley

Edited by:

Jason Powell