Race, gender, and mental illness in the criminal justice system [electronic resource] /
Melissa Thompson.
- New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.
- vii, 216 p. : ill.
- Criminal justice : recent scholarship .
- Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.
Overview of the research -- The study of gender, race, mental illness, and crime -- Extending sociological theory -- Data, measures, and statistical procedures -- Predictors of psychiatric evaluation -- The effect of mental health evaluations on case outcomes -- Implications for theory and research on crime and mental illness.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States. Crime and race--United States. Crime--Sex differences--United States. Criminals--Mental health--United States.