Overview
Overview of key topics in the intersection of the legal system and veteran mental health
Covers both civil and criminal issues & nbsp; Chapters by experts in each area
Includes information on specialty courts and effective programs
Special attention given to women veterans and homeless vets
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Written by experts in the field, this book addresses the serious and increasingly public concern over the mental health of veterans after military deployment. It examines the intersection of criminal and civil legal issues with mental problems in the veteran population and describes various effective programs that have been developed to address these issues. It includes a wide range of useful topics examining the particular criminal justice problems faced by vets, such as sexual abuse and violence as well as the legal institutions that have been established to handle these problems, such as veterans courts, family courts, and the Veterans Justice Outreach program. The book also provides coverage of special groups such as women and homeless veterans. It is a concise but comprehensive view of this salient topic that is useful for students, practitioners, and policy makers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Evan Seamone, LL.M., J.D., M.P.P., is an Attorney for the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School. He is also a Major in the U.S. Army Reserve with duties as a Senior Defense Counsel in the 154th Legal Services Organization. Prior to joining Harvard Law School, he was a Professor and Director of the Legal Writing Program at Mississippi College School of Law. During active duty, he served in the Pentagon as a Prosecutor with the Chief Prosecutor of Military Commissions supporting the prosecution of cases involving terrorism. He has written extensively about treatment-based sentencing alternatives in military courts-martial and civilian veterans treatment and mental health problem-solving courts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Intersections between Mental Health and Law among Veterans
Editors: Jack Tsai, Evan R. Seamone
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31664-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31663-1Published: 17 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31666-2Published: 17 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31664-8Published: 30 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 227
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Clinical Psychology, General Psychology