Mental Health and Criminal Justice, Second Edition

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Mental Health and Criminal Justice, Second Edition, thoroughly updated by respected author Anne F. Segal, balances practical knowledge of how the mental healthcare system operates in conjunction with the criminal justice system. Its analytical framework illuminates how the quality of that collaboration is reflected in the issues, processes, and outcomes of both institutions. This informative criminal justice textbook familiarizes students with the terminology, and relevant legal venues and avenues, as well as the treatment programs in the community.

Using a broad perspective, this text is organized into three thematic topics: Part I consists of three chapters that provide the reader with the Tools for Understanding, which are essential for the comprehension of the foundations of mental health and illnesses. Part II, Providing Justice, Providing Mental Healthcare, consists of five chapters that examine how mentally ill persons are treated in the justice system. Part III, Special Issues, examines three topics: (1) Juveniles and Mental Illness, (2) Justice and the Mentally Ill, and (3) a new chapter on Civil Law, Criminal Law, and the Intersection with Risk Assessment.

New to the Second Edition:

• Exciting new Chapter 11 about the intersection of civil laws with criminal laws and their connections with community providers and the mentally ill.
• Expanded coverage in Chapter Two, The Brain and the Mind, with contemporary discussions about brain mapping, the ethics of genetic engineering, brainwashing, and the neuroscience of cell regeneration following brain injuries.
• Overviews of new criminal law court cases about the treatment and interventions for the mentally ill, including decisions about accommodating unhoused persons, criminal responsibility for corporate profits from the development of narcotics, as well as detailed coverage of voluntary and involuntary commitment procedures and mental competency to be prosecuted and to testify.
• Expanded coverage of types of community encounters and legal solutions for people with mental illnesses including new coverage about stalking and social media stalkers and new ideas for interventional policies for nonviolent encounters.
• New information about suicide, suicidal ideation, causes and concerns about self-harm in juveniles and troubled adults, and the impact of harm to the families.
• Exciting new material about different types of theories of insanity defenses and expanded coverage of the impact of the verdicts of guilty but mentally ill, temporary insanity or diminished capacity due to Svengali influences.
• New information on social and legal issues impacting juveniles and mental illness and the future impact of external and internal addictions to screens, video games, and social media as well as issues regarding juvenile sex trafficking and conduct disorders.

Professors and Students will benefit from:

• Comprehensive, accessible text that informs undergraduate students about issues faced by community providers, whether they are in law enforcement, social work, medical care, or caregivers for the mentally ill.
• Effective pedagogy to help students understand the material: boxes for reflection, illustrative laws and case studies, and embedded discussion and critical thinking questions.
• Excellent authorship, resulting in a balanced discussion of practical legal issues combined with academic research.