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Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning ‘care’ versus ‘control’ and ‘therapy’ versus ‘security’ is now commonplace. Indeed, the ‘hybridisation’ of these areas is now a familiar theme.
This unique and topical text provides an array of expert analyses from key contributors in the field that explore the interface between criminal justice and mental health. Using concise yet robust definitions of key terms and concepts, it consolidates scholarly analysis of theory, policy and practice. Readers are provided with practical debates, in addition to the theoretical and ideological concerns surrounding the risk assessment, treatment, control and risk management in a cross-disciplinary context.
Included in this book is recommended further reading and an index of legislation, making it an ideal resource for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, together with researchers and practitioners in the field.
This is the first accessible, succinct text to provide definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts relating to the expanding field of crime, harm and victimisation. Written by a wide range of experts, it includes theories, ideas and case studies relating to victims of conventional crime and victims outside the remit of criminal law. It encapsulates the domestic and international nature, extent and measurement of victims of crime and harm, together with responses to victims and victimisation as a result of conventional, corporate and state crimes and harms.
As part of the Companion series, entries are presented in a user-friendly A-Z format with clear links to related entries and further reading, allowing easy navigation for both students and practitioners. Filling a gap in the market, this is a good source and quick reference point for undergraduates studying a variety of courses in criminology, criminal justice, victimology and other related disciplines.
Interest in the study of state power, civil liberties, human rights, and state sponsored crime is growing and there is a need for a book which brings these topics together. This book, part of the Companions series, provides succinct yet robust definitions and explanations of core concepts and themes in relation to state power, liberties and human rights. The entries are bound by their inter-relatedness and relevance to the study of crime and harm and the volume draws upon established and emerging commentaries from other social and political disciplines.
Laid out in a user-friendly A-Z format, it includes entries from expert contributors with clear direction to related entries and further reading. The contributors critically engage with the topics in an accessible yet challenging way, ensuring that the definitions go beyond a simple explanation of the word or theme.
It will be suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students on a variety of courses such as Criminology, Criminal Justice, International Relations, Politics, Social Policy, Policing Studies, and Law as well as other researchers in these areas.
The history of crime and punishment is an important, yet under-resourced area of criminology and criminal justice.
This valuable book provides concise but robust definitions of key terms and concepts, going well beyond a simple explanation of the word or theme. Offering a succinct approach to the vocabulary and terminology of historical and contemporary approaches to crime and punishment, it includes entries from expert contributors in a user-friendly A-Z format with clear direction to related entries and further reading. Including explanations of terms ranging from 'garrotting' to The Bow Street Runners, baby farming to juvenile delinquency, this easily accessible text will be ideal for the reader to draw on across the variety of modules and studies relating to the topic.
no single labelling position) hold that descriptors or categorisations – including terms related to deviance, criminality, sexuality, disability or diagnosis of a mental disorder – can, of themselves, be problematic. While, on the surface, these labels are merely descriptors, such terms (specifically when linked to formal state mechanisms) can powerfully sculpt or alter a person’s social identity and shape the individual’s and social practices, and social reactions to them. 148 A companion to criminal justice, mental health and risk In the late 1930s
support), there is much criticism about the use of quantitative measurement within disability research. Quantitative inquiry relies on objective measurement of phenomena and tends to treat mental illness as static and unchangeable, often separating the environment from the ‘biophysical’. Other influential examples of quantitative inquiry include the proliferation of quality of life (QoL) measures, which seek to measure the psychosocial impact of a variety of illnesses. In part, QoL measures assist in reminding health-care professionals (HCPs) that the social
disabilities (UK Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2011). In addition, gender-based violence – which disproportionately impacts on women – is also being recognised as a potential form of hate crime. It can also include crimes against persons who are incorrectly identified as belonging to certain groups, or who are victimised because of their connection with certain groups (such as the ‘white’ wife of a ‘black’ husband) (FRA, 2012a). Hate crime can manifest itself in relation to both interpersonal crime and property crime, and also encroaches into the realm of
181 R RACIST HATE CRIME Identification of what constitutes hate crime victimisation is essential for enacting related legislation. Protected groups can be added to hate crime legislation, but determining the elements and actions of a hate crime and associated victimisation can be challenging. In the US, under federal law, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin and disability are considered protected groups. State laws vary in relation to whom or what may fit the definition of a protected group, and the crime is viewed as an
presence in custody suites, courtrooms and (for remanded prisoners) prisons, offering opportunities for early diversion. There is also growing provision for those with a diagnosis of ‘other mental disorder’, and in the case of learning disabilities, specialist teams are developing, with nurses adopting a forensic focus to their role. There is provision within the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended 2007) to divert from the CJS mentally disordered offenders. In the context of offenders in prison, the secretary of state, if satisfied that the person is suffering from
trial above and beyond those afforded in cases not carrying the death penalty. The 48 A companion to crime, harm and victimisation reality is that prevailing law and practice in many retentionist countries across the Caribbean, Africa and Asia do not provide the level of protection required in capital cases (UN, 2014). For example, in many of these cases, individuals who are sentenced to death have subsequently been found to be suffering from mental illness and/or an intellectual disability that affected the safety and lawfulness of their convictions and death
