Mental Health, Neurodiversity, and Criminal Justice

This book is a critical and thorough examination of the relationship between the criminal justice and mental health systems. The chapters cover a wide range of populations, focusing on those with neurodevelopmental disabilities, specifically autism and intellectual disability, mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia, substance use disorders, and juveniles. This book covers the entire criminal justice process from initial contact, police questioning, the court system, community and custodial correctional systems, and the forensic mental health system. Specific topics addressed include community interactions and crisis intervention, comprehension of Miranda warnings, competency to stand trial, eyewitness identification procedures, admissibility of expert testimony, defenses of legal responsibility, community corrections, and ethical concerns with incarceration and eligibility for capital punishment. This book also covers the history and development of the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and mental health systems to contextualize modern-day policies and practices. With student-friendly features, current terminology, inclusive language, and key findings for criminal justice practitioners, this book serves as both a textbook and extensive reference for courses and for those seeking to learn more about these diverse populations and to have a positive impact. The content has international implications.

Part 1: Neurodiversity and Mental Illness 1. Understanding Neurodiversity. - 2. Understanding Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorder. - 3. Understanding Adolescent Cognition and Development . - Part 2: History and Development of the Modern U. S. Criminal Justice System and Juveniles Justice Systems. - 4. History of the U. S. Criminal Justice System: Rehabilitation vs. Crime Control Models. - 5. The Development of the Juvenile Justice System: Rehabilitation vs. Punishment. - 6. Deinstitutionalization and Transinstitutionalization. - Part 3: The Mental Health System in the Criminal Justice System: The Intersection with Law Enforcement. - 7. Interaction with Persons with Mental Illnessand Neurodiverse populations. - 8. Interviews, Interrogations & FalseConfessions. - 9. Eyewitness Identification and Memory. - Part 4: The Mental Health System in the Criminal Justice System: The Intersection with the Criminal and Civil Court Systems. - 10. Forensic Assessment and Commitment. - 11. Forensic Involuntary Civil Commitment . - 12. Criminal Responsibility and Forensic Commitment. - 13. Court Procedures and the Protection Rights. - 14. Evidence and Expert Testimony. - Part 5: The Intersection of Correctional Systems and Alternatives to Incarceration. - 15. Specialty Courts and Community Supervision. - 16. Correctional Facilities and the Protection Rights. - 17. Capital Punishment and the Protection Rights.