Serving mentally ill offenders challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals (Springer, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Lane County Adult Corrections Mental Health Services, Lane County, Oregon -- Oswego Mental Health Forensic Mental Health Program, Oswego, New York -- Overview -- Development & implementation of a police/mental health training program in a large urban environment -- Memphis CIT model -- Birmingham Police Department Community Service Officer Unit -- Criminal justice diversion of individuals with co-occurring mental illness & substance use disorders -- Jail diversion in a managed care environment -- Friends of Island Academy -- Broward's mental health court -- Preventing incarceration of adults with severe mental illness -- New York City's system of criminal justice mental health services -- Overview -- Maryland's programs for incarcerated women with mental illness & substance abuse disorders -- Gender-specific intervention model for incarcerated women -- Elder abuse & forensic mentally ill abusers -- Identifying & addressing the needs of victims of mentally ill offenders -- Judge's perspective -- Social workers as advocates for mentally ill criminal defendants/inmates -- Observations of a criminal defense attorney -- Someone had to stop the spinning -- Personal experience --Implementing Kendra's law -- Review of screening instruments for co-occurring mental illness & substance abuse in criminal justice programs