Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System: A Social Work Perspective 1910391921, 9781910391921

The Criminal Justice System is becoming a de facto provider of mental health care, according to a series of recent priso

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English Pages 128 Year 2016

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Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning ‘care’ versus ‘control’ and ‘t

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Written by an established author in the field, this book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of pr

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Despite extensive changes in the organisation of social and psychiatric services, there had been no study of mental heal

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Taking a critical and radical approach, this book calls for a return to mental health social work that has personal rela

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Taking a critical and radical approach, this book calls for a return to mental health social work that has personal rela

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Substance misuse (including alcohol) and mental health problems constitute a significant proportion of the work carried

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