It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinary collection explores key issues in mental health, crime and criminal justice, including: offenders' rights; intervention designs; desistance; health-informed approaches to offending and the medical needs of offenders; psychological jurisprudence, and; collaborative and multi-agency practice.
This volume draws on the knowledge of professionals and academics working in this field internationally, as well as the experience of service users. It offers a solution-focused response to these issues, and promotes both equality and quality of experience for service users. It will be essential reading for practitioners, scholars and students with an interest in forensic mental health and criminal justice.

Mental Health, Crime and Criminal Justice (Winstone, 2016) is a refreshingly candid look at the challenges related to persons with mental illness(es). this book is exceptionally well-edited; topics and voices cohere especially well for an edited volume. the book remains accessible to a wider audience, with descriptions of some seemingly unfamiliar ideas. Additionally, the book, while coming out of the United Kingdom, discusses ideas in a way that renders them applicable to other national contexts as well. (Kayla G. Jachimowski, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, clcjbooks.rutgers.edu, January, 2017)

Autorentext

Bruce Arrigo, University of North Carolina, USA Heather Y. Bersot, University of North Carolina, USA Rob Canton, De Montfort University, USA Prathiba Chitsabesan, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, UK Charles de Lacy, Central Criminal Court, UK Svenja Göbbels, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Melbourne, Australia Taffy Gatawa, Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK Anita Green, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK Nathan Hall, University of Portsmouth, UK Marilyn Hammick, , Bournemouth University and Birmingham City University, UK Sarah Hean, University of Stavanger, Norway Nathan Hughes, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and University of Birmingham, UK Lucy Jo Matthews, Independent Researcher James McGuire, University of Liverpool, UK Gillian Ormston, Intelligent Awakenings Ltd, UK Madeline Petrillo, University of Portsmouth, UK Aaron Pycroft, University of Portsmouth, UK Leighe Rogers, Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust, UK Ruth Scalley, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, UK Jo Thakker, University of Waikato, New Zealand Jemma Tyson, University of Portsmouth, UK Elizabeth Walsh, the University of Leeds, UK Tony Ward, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Jane Winstone, University of Portsmouth, UK

Inhalt

1. Crime, Exclusion and Mental Health: Current Realities and Future Responses; Jane Winstone

2. A Broken Outline - Being an Observer in My Own Life: Notes from a Service User; Lucy Jo Matthews

3. Troublesome Offenders, Undeserving Patients? The Precarious Rights of Mentally Disordered Offenders; Rob Canton

4. Interventions and Outcomes: Accumulating Evidence; James McGuire

5. Desistance in Offenders with Mental Illness; Svenja Göbbels, Jo Thakker and Tony Ward

6. Medicalising 'Hatred': Exploring the Sense and Sensitivities of Classifying the Motivations for Hate Crime as Mental Disorder; Jemma Tyson and Nathan Hall

7. Mental Health Needs and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Amongst Young Offenders; Implications for Policy and Practice; Prathiba Chitsabesan and Nathan Hughes

8. 'It Made My Mind Unwell' Trauma-Informed Approaches to the Mental Health Needs of Women in the Criminal Justice System; Madeline Petrillo

9. Challenging the Cultural Determinants of Dual Diagnosis in the Criminal Justice System; Aaron Pycroft and Anita Green

10. The Role of the Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Crown Court Setting: Towards a Best Practice Model; Charles de Lacy

11. The DSPD Programme: What Did It Tell Us About the Future for Managing Dangerous Prisoners with Severe Personality Disorders; Ruth Scally

12. Prosecuting the Persecuted: Forgive Them, They Know Not What They Do; Taffy Gatawa

13. Successful Strategies for Working with Mentally Disordered Offenders Within a Complex Multi-Agency Environment; Leighe Rogers and Gillian Ormston

14. Training to Improve Collaborative Practice: A Key Component of Strategy to Reduce Mental Ill Health in the Offender Population; Sarah Hean, Elizabeth Walsh, Marilyn Hammick