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Insanity And Incompetency: Courts, Communities, And The Intersections Of Mental Illness And Criminal Justice In The Wake Of Kahler And Trueblood, Gwendolyn West
Insanity And Incompetency: Courts, Communities, And The Intersections Of Mental Illness And Criminal Justice In The Wake Of Kahler And Trueblood, Gwendolyn West
Golden Gate University Law Review
Today, people with mental illnesses in the United States are ten times more likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized. About 20 percent of the United States population experiences some kind of mental illness each year, and about 3 to 5 percent of the population experiences a severe and persistent mental illness. By contrast, more than 60 percent of jail inmates and at least 45 percent of prison inmates in the United States have a diagnosed mental illness. Studies have found that anywhere from 25 percent to 71 percent of people with serious mental illness in a given community have a …
Rational Criminal Justice, Andy Brunner-Brown
Rational Criminal Justice, Andy Brunner-Brown
GGU Law Review Blog
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National Assessment Program: 1994 Survey Results, Us Department Of Justice
National Assessment Program: 1994 Survey Results, Us Department Of Justice
National Institute of Justice Research in Brief
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Assessing Criminal Justice Needs, Us Department Of Justice
Assessing Criminal Justice Needs, Us Department Of Justice
National Institute of Justice Research in Brief
No abstract provided.
A Statewide Survey Of Drug And Alcohol Use Among California Students In Grades 7, 9, And 11, Commission On The Prevention Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse
A Statewide Survey Of Drug And Alcohol Use Among California Students In Grades 7, 9, And 11, Commission On The Prevention Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse
California Agencies
This report summarizes the findings of a survey of drug and alcohol use among 7th, 9th and 11th grade students enrolled in public secondary schools in California. The survey was sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General in recognition that drug and alcohol use are closely associated with crime and other law enforcement problems. Within this perspective, prevention of drug and alcohol use by children and adolescents becomes an essential first stage of crime prevention. The survey is the first attempt in the State of california to determine the nature and extent of drug and alcohol use by students …
Mentally Disordered Violent Offenders, Assembly Health Committee
Mentally Disordered Violent Offenders, Assembly Health Committee
California Assembly
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