Mental health and criminal justice

Introduction -- Mental health and criminal justice -- A brief history of mental illness -- The brain and the mind -- Etiology of mental illness -- First responders and street encounters -- Involuntary and voluntary commitments -- Legal competency and the criminal trial -- Mentally ill defendants: de...

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Autores principales: Segal, Anne F. (Autor) ; Winfree, Latham T. 1946- (Autor) ; Friedman, Stan (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York Wolters Kluwer [2019]
En:Año: 2019
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Palabras clave:
Mentally ill offenders > United States
Mentally ill offenders > Legal status, laws, etc > United States
Mental health laws > United States
Forensic Psychiatry > United States
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
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USA > Gerichtliche Psychiatrie
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Sumario:Introduction -- Mental health and criminal justice -- A brief history of mental illness -- The brain and the mind -- Etiology of mental illness -- First responders and street encounters -- Involuntary and voluntary commitments -- Legal competency and the criminal trial -- Mentally ill defendants: defenses, pleas, and verdicts -- Correctional treatment of the mentally ill -- Juveniles and mental illness: special considerations -- Mental illness issues in the community -- Justice for the mentally ill: human rights and at-risk groups
Descripción Física:xxiii, 449 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:978-1-4548-7745-5