The Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System, Second Edition by Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum, W. Wesley Johnson, Risdon N. Slate

The Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System, Second Edition

Jacqueline K. Buffington-Vollum, W. Wesley Johnson, Risdon N. Slate

570 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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For a myriad of reasons the criminal justice system has become the de facto mental health system. This book explores how and why this is the case. Sensationalized cases often drive criminal justice policies that can sometimes be impulsively enacte...

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