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Serving mentally ill offenders [electronic resource]

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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

Title Serving mentally ill offenders [electronic resource] : challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals / Gerald Landsberg ... [et al.].
Publisher New York : Springer
Creation Date c2002
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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
Series Springer series on family violence
Extent 1 online resource (369 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010715749205171
MARC RECORDS
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