Mental Health Services in Criminal Justice System Settings: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1997

by Rodney Van Whitlock

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313301865
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/1999
Series:	Research and Bibliographical Guides in Criminal Justice , #6
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

RODNEY VAN WHITLOCK is a community psychologist in private practice. He was a co-compiler with Bernard Lubin for Family Therapy: A Bibliography (Greenwood, 1988) and Homelessness in America, 1893-1992: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994).

BERNARD LUBIN is Professor of Psychology and Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the compiler of numerous bibliographies for Greenwood Press including Family Therapy: A Bibliography (Greenwood, 1988) and Homelessness in America, 1893-1992: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994).

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

Editorial Reviews

Collects 1264 annotated citations to articles, chapters, and books deemed to be useful to mental health practitioners working in the criminal Justice system. Citations are drawn from well-known sources as well as lesser-known or discontinued journals such as the and . The entries are organized into such categories as assessment and classification of offenders, institution- and community-based programs and services, prison suicide, sex offenders, professional and ethical issues, and adolescent and female offenders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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