CRJU 410 - Criminalization of Mental Ill

Institution:

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Criminal Justice

Description:

Examines the unprecedented closing of state psychiatric hospitals and the corresponding trans-institutionalization of seriously mentally ill offenders in prisons and jails. Current issues including violence and mental illness, mental illness stigma, dual diagnosis, civil commitments, law enforcement response to mental illness, jail processing of persons with mental illness, mental health courts, and mental illness in prison populations will be examined. Also explored are efforts to support offenders with psychiatric comorbidity during reentry.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.commonwealthu.edu/

Phone Number:

(570) 389-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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