TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cummins,Ian
TI  - Mental health and the criminal justice system: a social work perspective 
T2  - Critical approaches to social work
SN  - 9781910391907 (pbk.) :
U1  - 365.6'0874 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Northwich
PB  - Critical Publishing Ltd
KW  - Mentally ill offenders
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Psychiatric social work
KW  - Social work with criminals
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - 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
ER  -