Identifying the Prevalence of Courses on Mental Illness in Criminal Justice Education

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ID15317225
AuthorsPhilip Mulvey (0000-0003-3846-1075, corresponding author), MATTHEW LARSON
Year2016
Volume28
Issue4
Pages542-558
Publication date2016-12-30
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Criminal Justice Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-1253 • E-ISSN: 1745-9117
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10511253.2016.1270342
OpenAlexW2561230586
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited33

Persons with Mental Illness (PMIs) require unique consideration and individualized attention in the criminal justice system. Research has demonstrated the prevalence with which police come into contact with these individuals, the unique considerations made by courtrooms serving PMIs, the overrepresentation of PMIs in correctional settings, and the problems PMIs experience when reentering the community from incarceration. Given the growth of attention to this area, and the increased reality of challenges that criminal justice professionals encounter when working with PMIs, this paper explores the prevalence of courses on mental illness in criminal justice undergraduate programs in the United States. The current review of over 640 curricula in the United States illustrates that courses devoted solely to the topic of mental illness in the criminal justice system are particularly rare. The importance of offering more courses in the interface between mental illness and criminal justice for future professionals in the field is discussed

Criminal justice · Criminology · Curriculum · Economic Justice · Mental health · Mental illness · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychiatry · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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