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Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System: A Social Work Perspective (Critical Approaches to Mental Health)
Ian Cummins
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Description for Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System: A Social Work Perspective (Critical Approaches to Mental Health)
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The Criminal Justice System is becoming a de facto provider of mental health care, according to a series of recent prison inspections and reports on policing and mental illness which have highlighted the crisis in mental health services. However, the pressures on prisons and other areas of the CJS mean that the needs of those with mental health problems are often overlooked. This book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the CJS and across all the points of ... Read more
The Criminal Justice System is becoming a de facto provider of mental health care, according to a series of recent prison inspections and reports on policing and mental illness which have highlighted the crisis in mental health services. However, the pressures on prisons and other areas of the CJS mean that the needs of those with mental health problems are often overlooked. This book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the CJS and across all the points of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Critical Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Critical Approaches to Mental Health
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Northwich, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910391907
SKU
V9781910391907
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Ref
99-1
About Ian Cummins
Ian Cummins is senior lecturer in social work at the University of Salford. His main research revolves around the experiences of people with mental health problems in the Criminal Justice system with a focus on policing and mental illness. This is linked to an exploration of the development of the penal state and its interaction with community based mental health ... Read more
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