The mentally disordered offender /

The mentally disordered offender /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halleck, Seymour L. (Author)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Rockville, Maryland : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, 1987.
Series:DHHS publication ; no. (ADM) 86-1471.
U.S. federal agency documents, decisions, and appeals.
Criminal justice & criminology.
Subjects:
Mentally ill offenders.
Forensic psychiatry.
Mentally ill offenders > Rehabilitation.
Mentally ill offenders > Government policy > United States.
Mentally ill offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:HeinOnline U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, & Appeals Library
HeinOnline Criminal Justice & Criminology
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Table of Contents:
  • Which offenders are mentally disordered?
  • Societal responses to social deviance
  • Lack of capacity to proceed in the criminal justice process
  • Offenders found not guilty by reason of insanity
  • Special sentencing and treatment for mentally disordered offenders viewed as dangerous
  • Mental disorder resulting in transfer from prison to security hospital
  • Practical issues : assessment, disposition, and treatment
  • Ethical issues
  • Recommendations for change.

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