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050 _aAC1.S5
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100 _aAufderheide, Dean H.,
245 0 _aCrisis in Corrections: The Mentally Ill in America's Prisons.
_cDean H. Aufderheide and Patrick H. Brown.
260 _bCorrections Today,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 28,
_pHealth,
_x1522-323X;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: Crisis in Corrections: The Mentally Ill in America's Prisons, Feb. 2005; pp. 30-33.
520 _a"Individuals with mental illness appear to be disproportionately represented in America's prisons. 'Prisons have become the nation's primary mental health facilities,' said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watch's U.S. program." (CORRECTIONS TODAY) This article reveals that "America's prison inmates have rates of mental illness that are up to four times greater than rates for the general population" and discusses the problem of using prisons as mental health facilities.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aCorrectional institutions
650 _aCriminal statistics
650 _aMental health services
650 _aMental illness
_xTreatment
650 _aMentally ill prisoners
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pHealth.
_x1522-323X;
942 _c UKN
999 _c37409
_d37409