{"product_id":"mental-health-issues-in-the-daniel-w-iii-phillips-9780789037701","title":"Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System","description":"Discover how to best provide effective mental health treatments for criminal offenders \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrisons and jails are increasingly being filled with inmates who suffer from mental illness and need treatment. \u003cem\u003eMental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System\u003c\/em\u003e examines a wide range of the latest research and learned perspectives focusing on the intersection of mental health services and the criminal justice system. Top experts and academics discuss mental health treatment, its availability, it effectiveness, and just how cost effective it truly is to treat those in prisons and jails. This valuable text provides a broad interdisciplinary view of the topic and presents important qualitative and quantitative research of specific topics, such as the effectiveness of prisoner representatives, the causal link between incarceration and mental illness, and the expanding rates of correctional offenders with mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System\u003c\/em\u003e discusses a wide range of pertinent topics focusing on the viability and functioning of mental health treatment models in prisons and jails. Recommendations on desired correctional mental health programs are presented, along with strategies to better provide therapeutic services. Respected experts provide practical suggestions on research that needs to be addressed in the future. The book is extensively referenced and includes several tables and figures to clearly present data. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther topics in \u003cem\u003eMental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System\u003c\/em\u003e include: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe prevalence of mental illness in jails and prisons-and the duty society has to provide appropriate mental health treatment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethree components critical to the success of jail diversion programs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eethics of doing research on prisoners \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean extended care community corrections model \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe experience of mitigation experts in first degree murder cases in the penalty phase of the trial \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe criminalization of the mentally ill because of fragmentation of mental health services \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecorrectional offenders with mental illness (OMIs)-and their differences from the general offender population \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of the helping alliance in juvenile probation settings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely, insightful text for anyone in the criminal justice or mental health fields, educators, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduate students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel W. III Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 078903770X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780789037701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 6.40w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 161","brand":"Daniel W. III Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410901004543,"sku":"9780789037701","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f79d28ff-adbc-4e58-ba6e-5610f6b85f0f.jpg?v=1697538196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mental-health-issues-in-the-daniel-w-iii-phillips-9780789037701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}