Serving mentally ill offenders

By Gerald Landsberg

Subjects: Programme communautaire, MEDICAL, Mental Illness, Mental Health Services, Mental Health, Services aux Criminels malades mentaux, Service de sante mentale, Care, Droit, Criminel malade mental, Prisoners, Victime, Trouble affectif, Services for, PSYCHOLOGY, Mentally ill, care, Soins, Soins psychiatriques, Criminels malades mentaux, Femme, Mentally ill offenders

Description: 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.