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Mental health and the criminal justice system : a social work perspective / Ian Cummins.

By: Cummins, Ian, 1961- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical approaches to social workPublisher: Northwich : Critical Publishing Ltd, 2016Description: xi, 116 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781910391907 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mentally ill offenders -- Great Britain | Psychiatric social work -- Great Britain | Social work with criminals -- Great Britain | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great BritainDDC classification: 365.6'0874 Summary: This study examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the criminal justice system (CJS) and points of contact - police, courts and prisons - between the CJS and people with mental health problems. Providing a clearly written, comprehensive introduction to the main themes in this field, it also has a clear critical edge highlighting the failings in the areas of penal and social policy that have resulted in increasing numbers of people with mental health problems being criminalised.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This study examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the criminal justice system (CJS) and points of contact - police, courts and prisons - between the CJS and people with mental health problems. Providing a clearly written, comprehensive introduction to the main themes in this field, it also has a clear critical edge highlighting the failings in the areas of penal and social policy that have resulted in increasing numbers of people with mental health problems being criminalised.

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