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Mentally Ill Offenders in the Criminal Justice System: An Analysis and Prescription
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Mentally Ill Offenders in the Criminal Justice System: An Analysis and Prescription
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The Sentencing Project (Washington, DC)
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Open Society Institute-New York (New York, NY)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Published 2002.
19 pages.
Related Topics
Deinstitutionalization
(Justice System)
Institution alternatives
(Justice System)
Jail alternatives
(Justice System)
Jail alternatives
(Offender Management)
Mentally ill
(Special Offenders)
Results of an investigation into the criminalization of mentally ill individuals are reported. Sections of this report include: overview; the rising number of mentally ill persons behind bars -- the population shift from psychiatric hospitals to prisons and the shift's driving forces; developing solutions for community services, police contact/pre-booking, post booking, trial and sentencing, probation and parole, and suicide prevention and mental health services in jail and prison; and conclusion.
Accession Number: 017558
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