ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards

ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1989
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This text represents official ABA policy on matters relating to the mentally ill and mentally retarded and the criminal justice system.

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 151
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN: 9781570737138

"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.

Correctional Mental Health

Correctional Mental Health
Author: Thomas J. Fagan
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1452223475

Correctional Mental Health is a broad-based, balanced guide for students who are learning to treat criminal offenders in a correctional mental health practice. Featuring a wide selection of readings, this edited text offers a thorough grounding in theory, current research, professional practice, and clinical experience. It emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to caring for the estimated 20% of all U.S. prisoners who have a serious mental disorder. Providing a balance between theoretical and practical perspectives throughout, the text also provides readers with a big-picture framework for assessing current correctional mental health and criminal justice issues, offering clear strategies for addressing these challenges.

Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice

Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice
Author: Jane Winstone
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2016-02-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137453885

It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinary collection explores key issues in mental health, crime and criminal justice, including: offenders' rights; intervention designs; desistance; health-informed approaches to offending and the medical needs of offenders; psychological jurisprudence, and; collaborative and multi-agency practice. This volume draws on the knowledge of professionals and academics working in this field internationally, as well as the experience of service users. It offers a solution-focused response to these issues, and promotes both equality and quality of experience for service users. It will be essential reading for practitioners, scholars and students with an interest in forensic mental health and criminal justice.