Research Catalog

Title

A sociology of the mentally disordered offender / Tom Mason and David Mercer.

Author

Mason, Tom, 1950-2011

Publication

London ; New York : Longman, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Mercer, David, 1957-

Description

x, 195 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"A Sociology of the Mentally Disordered Offender provides a concise, and most importantly, accessible guide to the main theoretical issues from a sociological perspective as a counterbalance to the predominant medical model. Having established a theoretical framework through the exploration of topics such as the relationship between crime and mental disorder the authors look at the processes by which offenders are referred either to criminal justice or the mental health service system, their subsequent treatment and management, and the problem of re-offending. A final chapter looks at ways in which care and management of these patients may be effectively developed in the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Offenders with mental disabilities > United States > Psychology
• Offenders with mental disabilities > Services for > United States
• People with mental disabilities and crime > United States
• Persons with Mental Disabilities
• Crime
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical overview -- 3. The relationship between criminal behaviour and mental disorder -- 4. The social construction of the dangerous offender -- 5. Systems of services and structures of power -- 6. Service development: capture, contagion and community -- 7. Treatment and management from a social perspective -- 8. Re-offence and recidivism -- 9. Conclusions: contemporary picture and future problems.

ISBN

058231741X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98051542^

OCLC

• 40359438
• SCSB-10589115

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library