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Corrections, mental health, and social policy : international perspectives /

Contributor(s): Ax, Robert Kirk, Ph. D, 1952- | Fagan, Thomas J., Ph. D, 1949-.
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2007Description: xxvii, 418 p. : ill.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780398077563 (hard); 9780398077563; 0398077568 (hard); 9780398077570 (pbk.); 0398077576 (pbk.).Subject(s): Prisoners -- Mental health services | Prisoners -- Medical care | Prisons -- Government policyDDC classification: 365.66
Contents:
An international history of American correctional mental health: the enlightenment to 1976 / Robert K. Ax -- Contemporary United States corrections, mental health, and social policy / Jennifer L. Boothby -- U.S. prisons: a public health perspective / R. Scott Chavez -- Psychological services in English and Welsh prisons / Graham J. Towl and David A. Crighton -- Corrections in France: current issues and future challenges / Annie Kensey and Harry R. Dammer -- Legal and psychological contributions to the development of corrections in Canada / J. Stephen Wormith and Duyen Luong -- Corrections in Aotearoa/New Zealand: current issues and future challenges / Llewelyn A. Richards-Ward and Crista McDaniel -- "What works" in predicting psychiatric hospitalization and relapse: the specific responsivity dimension of effective correctional treatment for mentally disordered offenders / Paula Smith, Paul Gendreau, and Claire Goggin -- Prisons and the role of nongovernmental organizations / Carol Gallo -- Prison policy and terrorism: learning the lessons of the past / Michael Von Tangen Page and Robert K. Ax -- Prison gangs / Joyce K. Conley and Dawn Zobel -- The death penalty: a brief review of historical roots and current practices relevant to the correctional mental health practitioner / Alix M. McLearen and Patty A. Zapf -- Differing perspectives: correctional systems in non-western countries / Aven Senter, Robert D. Morgan, and Jon T. Mandracchia -- Future directions / Thomas J. Fagan, Shelia M. Brandt, and Andrea L. Kleiver.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 365.66 AX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0067595
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

An international history of American correctional mental health: the enlightenment to 1976 / Robert K. Ax -- Contemporary United States corrections, mental health, and social policy / Jennifer L. Boothby -- U.S. prisons: a public health perspective / R. Scott Chavez -- Psychological services in English and Welsh prisons / Graham J. Towl and David A. Crighton -- Corrections in France: current issues and future challenges / Annie Kensey and Harry R. Dammer -- Legal and psychological contributions to the development of corrections in Canada / J. Stephen Wormith and Duyen Luong -- Corrections in Aotearoa/New Zealand: current issues and future challenges / Llewelyn A. Richards-Ward and Crista McDaniel -- "What works" in predicting psychiatric hospitalization and relapse: the specific responsivity dimension of effective correctional treatment for mentally disordered offenders / Paula Smith, Paul Gendreau, and Claire Goggin -- Prisons and the role of nongovernmental organizations / Carol Gallo -- Prison policy and terrorism: learning the lessons of the past / Michael Von Tangen Page and Robert K. Ax -- Prison gangs / Joyce K. Conley and Dawn Zobel -- The death penalty: a brief review of historical roots and current practices relevant to the correctional mental health practitioner / Alix M. McLearen and Patty A. Zapf -- Differing perspectives: correctional systems in non-western countries / Aven Senter, Robert D. Morgan, and Jon T. Mandracchia -- Future directions / Thomas J. Fagan, Shelia M. Brandt, and Andrea L. Kleiver.

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