Synopses & Reviews
In addition to advising judicial decision-makers by assessing such issues as pre-trial competency, insanity, and dangerousness, mental health professionals working in criminal justice system settings manage and treat mentally ill and substance abusing offenders on a daily basis. This work may involve either institutional treatments or community-based programs. The purpose of this bibliography is to collect the professional literature from numerous disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, education, and social work, that addresses the theoretical, empirical, and practice-related issues encountered by mental health researchers and practitioners in developing and providing services to mentally ill and substance abusing offenders in criminal justice system settings. There are over 1250 annotated citations and author and subject indexes to facilitate access to the resources listed.
Review
The subject presented is one that will grow in interest both within academia and in the wider general public. This bibliography will serve both audiences....General collections would also want to have the book as greater societal focus is drawn toward prisons and the nature of services provided to their inhabitants.American Reference Books Annual
About the Author
RODNEY VAN WHITLOCK is a community psychologist in private practice.BERNARD LUBIN is Professor of Psychology and Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Stanley L. Brodsky
Preface
Mental Disorders
Antisocial and Other Personality Disorders
Assessment and Classification of Offenders
Institutional-Based Programs and Services
Community-Based Programs and Services
Local Justice System Issues
Individual Psychotherapy
Group, Marital, and Family Therapy
Jail and Prison Suicide
Violence and Aggression
Sex Offenders
Adolescent Offenders
Female Mentally Ill Offenders
Professional and Ethical Issues
Education and Training
Author Index
Subject Index