Corrections, Mental Health, and Social Policy International Perspectives

Ax, Robert Kirk 1952- (Author). Fagan, Thomas J., 1949- (Added Author).

Summary: This book is well suited to readers dealing with correctional issues in today's complex global society. Given the task of providing adequate mental health care to the burgeoning U.S. prison population, including those thousands with serious mental illnesses who have defaulted from the nation's disjointed mental health systems, the book provides a consideration of approaches and ideas beyond those generated in the domestic academic-practitioner community, including the mental health concerns that transcend borders and national sovereignty. In this category are the treatment and management of te.

Record details

ISBN: 9780398085063 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0398085064 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (446 p.)
Publisher: Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	CORRECTIONS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL POLICY:INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; CONTENTS; PART I: CORRECTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES; Chapter 1 AN INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH:; Chapter 2 CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES CORRECTIONS, MENTAL HEALTH, ; Chapter 3 U.S. PRISONS: A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE; PART II: CORRECTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH IN THEWESTERN EUROPEAN TRADITION; Chapter 4 PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN ENGLISH AND WELSH PRISONS; Chapter 5 CORRECTIONS IN FRANCE: CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES; Appendix A PRINCIPLES OF SENTENCING IN CANADA.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.