Correctional Mental Health
From Theory to Best Practice
- Thomas J. Fagan - Nova Southeastern University, FL
- Robert K. Ax - Midlothian, Virginia
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.
In-depth text useful for a variety of modules (e.g. Mental Health; Criminology; Social Justice and Penal Policy).
An interesting text that provides a trans-altantic perspective on the treatment and supervision of mental health issues within the secure estate. Readers are introduced to the clinical and actuarial aspects of managing risk through assessment protocols and supervision. A good source of reference that has potential to generate comparative debates in UK practice.
Sage College Publishing
