Correctional Mental Health - From Theory to Best Practice (Paperback)

A research-to-practice text offering a biopsychosocial approach to treating criminal offenders 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.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2011
First published:	November 2010
Editors:	Tom J. Fagan • Robert K. Ax
Dimensions:	254 x 177 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-1-4129-7256-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Counselling Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
LSN:	1-4129-7256-6
Barcode:	9781412972567

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