Mental health and crime / Jill Peay.

By: Series: Contemporary issues in public policyPublication details: Abingdon : Routledge, 2011.Description: xvi, 228 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415521161 (pbk.) :
  • 0415521165
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
Summary: Does mental disorder cause crime? Does crime cause mental disorder? This text examines the nature of the relationship between mental disorder and crime, and concludes that the broad definition of mental disorder, and the widespread occurrence of offending would make unlikely any definitive or easy answer to these questions.
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Does mental disorder cause crime? Does crime cause mental disorder? This text examines the nature of the relationship between mental disorder and crime, and concludes that the broad definition of mental disorder, and the widespread occurrence of offending would make unlikely any definitive or easy answer to these questions.

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