Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System: A Social Work Perspective (1) (Critical Approaches to Mental Health)
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- Synopsis
- The Criminal Justice System is becoming a de facto provider of mental health care, according to a series of recent prison inspections and reports on policing and mental illness which have highlighted the crisis in mental health services. However, the pressures on prisons and other areas of the CJS mean that the needs of those with mental health problems are often overlooked.This book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the CJS and across all the points of contact – police, Courts and prisons between the CJS and people with mental health problems. Providing a clearly written, comprehensive introduction to the main themes in this field, it also has a clear critical edge highlighting the failings in the areas of penal and social policy that have resulted in increasing numbers of people with mental health problems being criminalised.Highlighting a very important social issue, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System provides a thorough introduction to this subject for social work students and practitioners.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 128 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040376379
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781041056232, 9781041056249, 9781040373613, 9781910391907
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 03/01/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Ian Cummins. The rights of Ian Cummins to be identified as the Author of this work have been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.