Corrections, mental health, and social policy : international perspectives /

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Imprint:Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2007.
Description:xxvii, 418 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6662747
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Other authors / contributors:Ax, Robert Kirk, 1952-
Fagan, Thomas J., 1949-
ISBN:9780398077563 (hard)
0398077568 (hard)
9780398077570 (pbk.)
0398077576 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • An international history of American correctional mental health: the enlightenment to 1976 / Robert K. Ax
  • Contemporary United States corrections, mental health, and social policy / Jennifer L. Boothby
  • U.S. prisons: a public health perspective / R. Scott Chavez
  • Psychological services in English and Welsh prisons / Graham J. Towl and David A. Crighton
  • Corrections in France: current issues and future challenges / Annie Kensey and Harry R. Dammer
  • Legal and psychological contributions to the development of corrections in Canada / J. Stephen Wormith and Duyen Luong
  • Corrections in Aotearoa/New Zealand: current issues and future challenges / Llewelyn A. Richards-Ward and Crista McDaniel
  • "What works" in predicting psychiatric hospitalization and relapse: the specific responsivity dimension of effective correctional treatment for mentally disordered offenders / Paula Smith, Paul Gendreau, and Claire Goggin
  • Prisons and the role of nongovernmental organizations / Carol Gallo
  • Prison policy and terrorism: learning the lessons of the past / Michael Von Tangen Page and Robert K. Ax
  • Prison gangs / Joyce K. Conley and Dawn Zobel
  • The death penalty: a brief review of historical roots and current practices relevant to the correctional mental health practitioner / Alix M. McLearen and Patty A. Zapf
  • Differing perspectives: correctional systems in non-western countries / Aven Senter, Robert D. Morgan, and Jon T. Mandracchia
  • Future directions / Thomas J. Fagan, Shelia M. Brandt, and Andrea L. Kleiver.