Correctional Mental Health: From Theory to Best Practice

Correctional Mental Health is a broad-based, balanced guide for students who are learning to treat criminal offenders in a correctional mental health practice. Featuring a wide selection of readings, this edited text offers a thorough grounding in theory, current research, professional practice, and clinical experience. It emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to caring for the estimated 20% of all U.S. prisoners who have a serious mental disorder. Providing a balance between theoretical and practical perspectives throughout, the text also provides readers with a big-picture framework for assessing current correctional mental health and criminal justice issues, offering clear strategies for addressing these challenges.

Author: Tom J. Fagan
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 11/03/2010
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781412972567
ISBN10: 1412972566
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy | Counseling
- Social Science | Penology
- Social Science | Criminology

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