Mental Health Services in Criminal Justice System Settings: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1997 - Hardcover

by Rodney Van Whitlock (Author)

In addition to advising judicial decision-makers by assessing such issues as pre-trial competency, insanity, and dangerousness, mental health professionals working in criminal justice system settings manage and treat mentally ill and substance abusing offenders on a daily basis. This work may involve either institutional treatments or community-based programs. The purpose of this bibliography is to collect the professional literature from numerous disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, nursing, education, and social work, that addresses the theoretical, empirical, and practice-related issues encountered by mental health researchers and practitioners in developing and providing services to mentally ill and substance abusing offenders in criminal justice system settings. There are over 1250 annotated citations and author and subject indexes to facilitate access to the resources listed.

Author Biography

RODNEY VAN WHITLOCK is a community psychologist in private practice. He was a co-compiler with Bernard Lubin for Family Therapy: A Bibliography (Greenwood, 1988) and Homelessness in America, 1893-1992: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994).

BERNARD LUBIN is Professor of Psychology and Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the compiler of numerous bibliographies for Greenwood Press including Family Therapy: A Bibliography (Greenwood, 1988) and Homelessness in America, 1893-1992: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1994).