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" The criminalization of mental illness : "
Risdon N. Slate, Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum, W. Wesley Johnson.
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854406
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Slate, Risdon N.
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The criminalization of mental illness : : crisis and opportunity for the justice system /\ Risdon N. Slate, Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum, W. Wesley Johnson.
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Second edition.
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Durham, North Carolina :: Carolina Academic Press,, [2013]
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xix, 550 pages ;; 26 cm
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1611630398
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: 9781611630398
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction -- The history of criminalization of persons with mental illnesses -- Challenges and needs of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system -- Civil commitment -- Outpatient commitment -- The law enforcement response to persons with mental illnesses in crises -- Jail processing of persons with mental illnesses -- Traditional court processing of defendants with mental illness, Part I : competency to stand trial -- Traditional court processing of defendants with mental illness, Part II : the insanity defense -- Mental health courts -- Mental illness in the prison population : secure and treat? -- Diversion and reentry : strategies for discharging offenders living with mental illness -- Conclusion : striving for informed policies.
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Insanity (Law)-- United States.
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Mentally ill offenders-- United States.
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Mentally ill-- Commitment and detention-- United States.
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Insanity (Law)
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Mentally ill offenders.
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Mentally ill-- Commitment and detention.
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United States.
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364.3/8
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KF9242.S59 2013
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Buffington-Vollum, Jacqueline K.
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Johnson, W. Wesley.
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