RT Article
T1 Mental health policies
JF Handbook of forensic social work
SP 289
OP 307
A1 Scheyett, Anna M.
A2 Leonard, Margaret B.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1920204245
AB This chapter examines policies that impact individuals with mental illness in the criminal justice system and their resultant overrepresentation and vulnerabilities. Policies are organized in two categories: in the courtroom and during incarceration. In the courtroom, the chapter reviews policies that protect the rights of individuals with mental illness including due process, competence to stand trial, and not guilty by reason of insanity. The chapter then examines policies during incarceration, including policies addressing assessment of individuals with mental illness, the right to adequate treatment while incarcerated, forced medication while incarcerated, discipline, and preparation for release from incarceration. The chapter concludes with recommendations for social workers to become educated regarding all these policies in order to advocate, both at the individual and policy levels, to protect the rights and well-being of individuals with mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 303-307
SN 9780197694732
K1 Mental Illness
K1 Competence
K1 not guilty
K1 reason of insanity
K1 NGRI
K1 forced medication
K1 right to treatment
K1 Reentry
K1 USA : Sozialarbeit : Kriminalpsychologie : Justizvollzugsanstalt : Strafgefangener : Psychische Gesundheit : Therapie