{"product_id":"a-companion-to-criminal-justice-mental-health-and-risk-companions-in-criminology-and-criminal-justice","title":"A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk (Companions in Criminology and Criminal Justice)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk (Companions in Criminology and Criminal Justice) (Hardcover, 368 pages) – Policy Press, 2015. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWithin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n        About the Author   Paul Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Deputy Head of the Department of Social and Political Science at the University of Chester, UK. Paul has published in the area of mental health, trauma and criminal justice. As well as writing in areas of criminology, criminal justice and health, Paul undertakes research with occupational groups such as police officers, military veterans and mental health care practitioners, to gain understandings of the complexity of work cultures. Paul is also the Associate Editor of the academic journal Illness, Crisis \u0026amp; Loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaren Corteen is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice in the School of Law at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Karen is interested in, has published in and teaches in, the areas of: victimology and visual victimology; critical criminology and zemiology; crimes and harms of the powerful and resistance to it; sports criminology, and the occupational-related harms of the 'sports entertainment' industry. She also publishes in the area of hate crime including female sex worker hate crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharon Morley is deputy head of the Department of Social and Political Science and a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Chester, UK. Sharon’s research interests include young women’s experiences of violence, gender, space and self-regulation. Recently, her research and publications have spanned the areas of violence in society and the victimisation of health and social care professionals, as well as media representations of mentally disordered offenders. Sharon is a member of a number of sexual violence research networks.      ","brand":"Paul Taylor, Karen Corteen, Sharon Morley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070564028650,"sku":"9781447310334","price":104.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/610p7IdcP9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1781270731","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/a-companion-to-criminal-justice-mental-health-and-risk-companions-in-criminology-and-criminal-justice","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}