Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation's jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many experts point to the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in the 1960s, which led to more patients living on their own, as the reason for this high rate of incarceration. But this explanation does not justify why our society has chosen to treat these people with punitive measures.In ""Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness"", Patricia E. Erickson and Steven K. Erickson explore how societal beliefs about free will and moral responsibility have shaped current policies and they identify the differences among the goals, ethos, and actions of the legal and health care systems. Drawing on high-profile cases, the authors provide a critical analysis of topics, including legal standards for competency, insanity versus mental illness, sex offenders, psychologically disturbed juveniles, the injury and death rates of mentally ill prisoners due to the inappropriate use of force, the high level of suicide, and the release of mentally ill individuals from jails and prisons who have received little or no treatment.

The Little Christmas Tree, is a story about a young boy and his dad going into the woods every year to find the perfect Christmas tree. While the dad was looking at tall trees to cut down, which they cut and use just the tops of the tree for the Christmas tree, the young boy was drawn to something much different just a few yards away.

The Little Lost Bunny is a story about a little bunny who wandered away from his mother and the other baby bunnies to smell some pretty wild flowers. He looked up to tell his mother about the flowers, and found that they were all gone. Something in the woods heard the little bunny crying, and tried to help him find his way back to his family.