Serving mentally ill offenders : challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals / Gerald Landsberg ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landsberg, Gerald.

Series:

Springer series on family violence.

Springer series on family violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill offenders--Care--United States.

Mentally ill offenders.

Mentally ill offenders--Services for--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive book addresses the complex issues associated with the criminalization of mentally ill offenders in the United States and the ways in which social workers and other mental health professionals can best channel their efforts to create better services and treatment. Specialists in law enforcement, community-based mental health and outreach, the legal community, the corrections environment, and substance abuse providers present best practices and programs that offer rehabilitation alternatives to mentally ill offenders. Unique to this volume is the perspective provided by key pl

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; SECTION I: JAIL/PRISON SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED POPULATIONS; SECTION II: COMMUNITY-BASED DIVERSION PROGRAMS; SECTION III: SERVING EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED WOMEN; SECTION IV: SERVING THE VICTIMS OF MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS; SECTION V: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE LEGAL SYSTEM: ISSUES FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; SECTION VI: SCREENING INSTRUMENTS; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-80657-9

9786611806576

0-8261-9723-X

OCLC:

476261619