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Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System - Ian Cummins

Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System

A Social Work Perspective

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
128 Seiten
2016
Critical Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-910391-90-7 (ISBN)
CHF 43,60 inkl. MwSt
The book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the Criminal Justice System. 
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 and mental illness which have highlighted the crisis in mental health services.  However, the pressures on prisons and other areas of the CJS mean that the needs of those with mental health problems are often overlooked.  





This book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the CJS and across all the points of contact – police, Courts and prisons between the CJS and people with mental health problems. Providing a clearly written, comprehensive introduction to the main themes in this field, it also has a clear critical edge highlighting the failings in the areas of penal and social policy that have resulted in increasing numbers of people with mental health problems being criminalised.



 



Highlighting a very important social issue, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System provides a thorough introduction to this subject for social work students and practitioners.

Ian Cummins is senior lecturer in social work at the University of Salford. His main research revolves around the experiences of people with mental health problems in the Criminal Justice system with a focus on policing and mental illness. This is linked to an exploration of the development of the penal state and its interaction with community based mental health services. He is interested in the ways the CJS has become, in many incidences, the default provider of mental health care

Foreword



Introduction



Key Decision Points



A Short History of Community Care



Madness and the riminal Justice System: Ethical Issues



Prisons Mental Health and Forensic Services



Policing and Mental Illness



The Way Forward: Rediscovering Dignity 

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Critical Approaches to Mental Health
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 240 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitswesen
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Strafverfahrensrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-910391-90-5 / 1910391905
ISBN-13 978-1-910391-90-7 / 9781910391907
Zustand Neuware
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