Race, gender, and mental illness in the criminal justice system /

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Author / Creator:Thompson, Melissa, 1973-
Imprint:New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.
Description:vii, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Criminal justice : recent scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5792532
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ISBN:1593321295 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Overview of the research
  • Ch. 2. The study of gender, race, mental illness, and crime
  • Ch. 3. Extending sociological theory
  • Ch. 4. Data, measures, and statistical procedures
  • Ch. 5. Predictors of psychiatric evaluation
  • Ch. 6. The effect of mental health evaluations on case outcomes
  • Ch. 7. Implications for theory and research on crime and mental illness.