Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders

Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders
Author: Robert M. Wettstein
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2000-02-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781572305526

This volume presents current treatment approaches for offenders with mental disorders in a variety of settings. After reviewing administrative and legal issues in the provision of care, the volume addresses therapeutic work with inpatients, outpatients, and incarcerated persons. Separate chapters cover special issues in treatment of sexual offenders, offenders with mental retardation, and juvenile offenders. Throughout, the approaches featured are interdisciplinary and eclectic, incorporating biological and psychological perspectives. This volume will be of use to mental health practitioners as well as legal professionals in criminal justice and mental health law.

Prisoners' Self-help Litigation Manual

Prisoners' Self-help Litigation Manual
Author: John Boston
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 949
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0195374401

Clear, comprehensive, practical advice provides prisoners with everything they need to know on conditions of confinement, civil liberties in prison, procedural due process, the legal system, how to litigate, conducting effective legal research, and writing legal documents. This new edition is updated to include the most relevant prisoners' rights topics and approaches to litigation, types of legal remedies, and how to effectively use those remedies.

Legal Aspects of Corrections Management

Legal Aspects of Corrections Management
Author: Clair A. Cripe
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780763725457

This book covers all facets of the legal environment of prison and jail administration in clear, non-technical fashion. Most of the book is devoted to a detailed presentation of what the law has said about specific areas of corrections operations and practices.