Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior

• Author(s): Shannon Fiack,
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Pages: 102
• ISBN_10: 0737744340
  ISBN_13: 9780737744347
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Law & Crime , Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Psychology , Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / General , Psychology / Psychopathology / General , Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Violence in Society , Young Adult Nonfiction / Social Topics / Depression & Mental Illness ,

Description:... One of the essays in this book offers a very logical 'starting off point' to the connection between mental illness and criminal behavior. It says that they cannot be compared as there are far too many varying definitions of either. Another essay asserts that criminals know right from wrong, regardless of mental illness. Another essay discusses the differences and efficacy in psychiatric hospitals and prisons. The ten essays in this volume will have your readers enraptured, as they explore well researched sources presenting them with both sides to the topics of mental illness and crime.