Annotated Bibliography Mental Health And Incarceration...

Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Annotated Bibliography: Mental Health and Incarceration Cole Leaf University of Alaska Anchorage English A111 Friday 1-3:30 Hawthorne, W. B., Folsom, D. P., Sommerfeld, D. H., Lanouette, N. M., Lewis, M., Aarons, G. A., Jeste, D. V. (2012). Incarceration among adults who are in the public mental health system: Rates, risk factors, and short-term outcomes. Psychiatric Services, 63(1), 26-32. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201000505 Authors in this article from the University of California observe and focus on the risks and rates involved in people that have a mental disorder and correlate it with incarceration as well as people with re-incarceration. While performing these studies researchers found an alarming number of people incarcerated had a severe mental illness and substance abuse issues. Much of the knowledge in numbers of people with a mental illness are brought from a correctional view, but researchers here try to also focus on numbers of people in the public mental health system as well. My perspective: Overall, this article is great for my research paper due to the fact that there is good supportive data , many different variables are assessed and they focus on not only people in the correctional system but also national levels in the public health system of those with mental illness. Felson, R. B., Silver, E., Remster, B. (2012). Mental disorder and offending in prison. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39(2), 125-143.Show MoreRelatedEffects Of Long Term Incarceration On Prisoners900 Words   |  4 Pagestopic I am exploring is the effects of long-term incarceration on prisoner’s mental and psychological state. Many individuals believe that long- term incarceration and the conditions of prisons have negatively affected inmates psychologically and mentally. It has been discovered that post-traumatic stress disorders and anxiety is shared between those who have been in prison for a long period or those who are adapted to prison life. (Garcia) Incarceration was created to help the prisoners reimburse themselvesRead MoreCrazy: a Fathers Search Through Americas Mental Healthy Madness - Annotated Bibliography864 Words   |  4 PagesPeriod Annotated Bibliography Doyle, Jim, and Peter Fimrite. Caring for Mentally Ill Criminals Outside of Prison Is Dangerous. Americas Prisons. Ed. Clare Hanrahan. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from Criminally Insane Taking over State Hospitals. San Francisco Chronicle 22 July 2001. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. In this article, the incarceration of the mentally ill is encouraged because it is safer than keeping them in mental institutionsRead MoreDifferences Between The Success Rate Of Drug Courts974 Words   |  4 PagesAnnotated Outline Research Question: Are there gender differences in the success rate of drug courts? A. History of Drug Courts 1. Brief history of drug courts 2. Where was the first drug court? 3. Explain drug court model 4. Who is eligible for drug court treatment? 5. What happens after successful completion of drug courts 6. Penalties for drug court failure. B. Drug Addictions 1. Are there gender differences in drug addiction? 2. What causes female drug addiction/dependency? 3. What causesRead MoreCriminal Law Essay on Insanity2511 Words   |  11 Pagessubstantial impairment by abnormality of mind and automatism play a vital role in avoiding criminal liability. Principally, the defences reflect the idea that intellectually challenged individuals should not be penalised but rather treated of their mental impairment. However the outcomes of each defence have also been criticised as ‘anomalous and arbitrary’ due to conflicting legal and medical definitions. Consequently, support for the abolishment of these defences has been proposed to be replacedRead MoreFoster Care Crisis : The Mirror For Society2803 Words   |  12 PagesInformation Gateway reported in 2012 that 53% of foster cases had the goal of returning the child to their parents (Children’s Rights Org). The most common causes of CPS intervention are poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, parental incarceration, and disease/health complications (Chipungu 77). The more s table rehabilitation and welfare programs are for the biological parent, the more likely the agency will achieve their goals of reunification. In the meantime, however, the collaboration and mentorshipRead MoreEssay on Vietnamese Americans3140 Words   |  13 Pages There were few resources afforded to Vietnamese students due to the assumption that there were few students who may need the extra attention or assistance. In America it is still a daily struggle against poverty and all kinds of problems: mental health, social isolation, discrimination, language barrier, lack of job opportunities, violence. Due to their lack of education and survival skills, most of them can only find low-paying, entry-level jobs and live in poor, poverty-stricken neighborhoods