New Book
- Policing, Mental Illness and Media: The Framing of Mental Health Crisis Encounters and Police Use of Force This book examines the complexities of the relationship between policing and mental health – in Australia especially – including the circumstances that lead to police use of force, and the ways in which news media typically report deaths resulting from police contact with people in mental health crisis.
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About Mental Health and Justice Policy
This guide provides selected course-specific resources for MET CJ510: Mental Health and Justice Policy.
Featured Resources
- Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System, part 1 Because of a lack of mental health resources, persons with serious mental illness often end up involved with the criminal justice system. A former police chief (Michael Biasotti) and a former Psychologist./R.N. (Barbara Biasotti) discuss their experiences from a professional and personal perspective. This two-part series explores the history of mental illness, deinstitutionalization of persons with mental illness, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, the need for resources and the revolving door, and more.
- Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System, part 2 Because of a lack of mental health resources, persons with serious mental illness often end up involved with the criminal justice system. A former police chief (Michael Biasotti) and a former Psychologist./R.N. (Barbara Biasotti) discuss their experiences from a professional and personal perspective. This two-part series explores the history of mental illness, deinstitutionalization of persons with mental illness, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, the need for resources and the revolving door, and more.
see also:
- The Marshall Project: Mental Health The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We achieve this through award-winning journalism, partnerships with other news outlets and public forums.
Librarian
This guide was originally authored by Chris Smith, April, 2023.