Cover art for Treatment of Offenders with Mental Disorders
Published
Guilford Press, February 2000
ISBN
9781572305526
Format
Softcover, 438 pages
Dimensions
22.9cm × 15.2cm

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This volume presents treatment approaches for offenders with mental disorders in a variety of settings. After reviewing administrative and legal issues in the provision of care, the volume addresses therapeutic work with inpatients, outpatients, and incarcerated persons.

Separate chapters cover special issues in treatment of sexual offenders, offenders with mental retardation, and juvenile offenders. Throughout, the approaches featured are interdisciplinary and eclectic, incorporating biological and psychological perspectives. This volume should be of use to mental health practitioners as well as legal professionals in criminal justice and mental health law.

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