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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mental Health And Punishments : Critical Perspectives In Theory And Practice by Edited by Paul Taylor , Edited by Sharon Morley , Edited by Jason Powell
How might we best manage those who have offended but have mental vulnerabilities? How are risks identified, managed and minimised? What are ideological differences of care and control, punishment and therapy negotiated in practice? These questions are just some which are debated in the eleven chapters of this book. Each with their focus on a given area, authors raise the challenges, controversies, dilemmas and concerns attached to this particular context of delivering justice._x000D_
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Taking insights on imprisonment, community punishments and forensic services, this book provides a broad analysis of environments. But it also casts a critical light on how punishment of the mentally vulnerable sits within public attit.show more