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Preventing Reincarceration Of Women With Mental Illness, Anne M. Dolmovich
Preventing Reincarceration Of Women With Mental Illness, Anne M. Dolmovich
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Since deinstitutionalization of state hospitals began almost 50 years ago, there has been an increase in the population with mental illness seen in the prison system. A combination of factors were looked at when studying causes behind incarceration, including active symptoms of mental illness, socioeconomic status, social support systems, history of trauma, history of drug abuse, police education on mental illness, and public perspective on mental illness. This study is a literature review focusing on people with mental illness in the prison system, with particular attention to women.
It is costly to house inmates for any extended period of time. …