Serving mentally ill offenders [[electronic resource] ] : challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals / / Gerald Landsberg ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.2/086/9270973
• Soggetto topico: Mentally ill offenders - Care - United States; Mentally ill offenders - Services for - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LandsbergGerald
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Serving mentally ill offenders
• ISBN: 1-281-80657-9; 9786611806576; 0-8261-9723-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454187103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Springer series on family violence.