For a myriad of reasons the criminal justice system has become the de facto mental health system in the United States. This book explains these reasons, and describes in detail specialized law enforcement responses to people with mental illness (PWMI), mental health courts, jails and prison conditions, and discharge planning for this group.
Author(s): Ronald K. L. Collins (Author) , David M. Skover (Author)
Publisher:
Carolina Academic Press
ISBN: 9781531025274
This book explores one of the most disturbing intellectual dilemmas of our time — that our beloved First Amendment is being exploited in the name of the dumbing of America.
With the rise of life without parole sentences, and with more than four of five nations no longer using executions, The Death Penalty as Torture calls for the recognition of a peremptory, international law norm against the death penalty’s use.
This text examines criminal justice decisions in historical context with attention to the Constitutional values and principles which undergird American criminal justice.
This book dismantles the theoretical legitimacy of the doctrine-skills divide, identifies its unnecessary negative entailments, and suggests better alternatives.
The primary aim of this edited collection is to explore, from a comparative legal perspective, the variety of approaches to and recent developments in juvenile justice as shaped by politics and influenced by international norms.
The second editon of The Impact of Regulatory Criminal Law on American Criminal Justice is designed to provide the reader with an overview of American criminal justice from the perspective of regulatory criminal law enforcement.
The Kentucky Constitution: Text and History is the first book to systematically present the Kentucky Constitution in light of its historical background and its overarching philosophical principles.