It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinar
This textbook provides an overview for students in Criminology and Criminal Justice about the overlap between the criminal justice system and mental health. It
Discover how to best provide effective mental health treatments for criminal offenders Prisons and jails are increasingly being filled with inmates who suffer f
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 an
Contributors to this volume present and discuss new data which suggest that major mental disorder substantially increases the risk of violent crime. These findi
