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Mental Illness and Crime

Author: Robert A. Schug and Henry F. Fradella  

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This book incorporates an interdisciplinary, integrative approach toward presenting explanations for and etiologies of mental illness-related criminal and violent behaviours.

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This book incorporates an interdisciplinary, integrative approach toward presenting explanations for and etiologies of mental illness-related criminal and violent behaviours.

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Description

This is a comprehensive summary and critical examination of the relationship of mental illness in general, and individual psychiatric disorders in particular with criminal, violent, and other forms of antisocial behaviour. The text critically examines what is known about the treatment and social implications of this body of research, including its practical applications within the criminal justice system.

The book is also an archive of existing research studies in this area, and presents original research that to date has not been published. It combines the clinical with the theoretical, and policy with practice. It integrates biological, psychological, social, and legal viewpoints, and is framed within an overarching understanding of the intersection between human behaviour and law.

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About the Author

Henry F. Fradella earned a BA in psychology from Clark University, a master’s in forensic science and a law degree from The George Washington University, and a PhD in interdisciplinary justice studies from Arizona State University. He is currently a professor in and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach. His area of specialization is the social scientific study of courts and law. This includes research and teaching on the historical development of substantive, procedural, and evidentiary criminal law (including the courtroom acceptability of forensic and social scientific evidence, especially forensic psychological/psychiatric testimony); evaluation of law′s effects on human behavior; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions or processes. He is the author or co-author of 8 books and 75 articles, reviews, and scholarly commentaries that have appeared in various periodicals, including American Journal of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Criminal Law Bulletin, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Journal of Law and Public Policy, Journal of Law and Sexuality, The Justice Systems Journal, Law and Psychology Review, The Prison Journal, and Western Criminology Review.

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Product Details

Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Published
23rd September 2014
Pages
592
ISBN
9781412987073

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