Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the association between mental illness and violence, taking different populations into account, including both juveniles and adults and accounting for gender and racial difference
- Describes the perception of mental illness and violence in science media, common practices, and research and practice needs
- Discusses the relationship between mental illness and intrapersonal violence (suicide), and victimization of mentally ill individuals
- Recommends steps for using this knowledge in policy-making, practice, and the development of effective crisis intervention initiatives to de-escalate violence
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)
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About this book
Taking into account differences between youth and adults, as well as gender and racial difference, this innovative volume will be useful to policy-makers, legislators, researchers and students interested in addressing the growing public concern about mentally ill individuals at risk for violence.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lia Ahonen is assistant professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Ahonen is trained in Criminology and Psychology. Her research areas include youth and adult crime in combination with mental illness, predictors of violence and gun violence, the development of violent crime over time, the treatment of serious behavioral problems, and policy issues pertaining to crime and justice in different countries. Relatedly, she is knowledgeable about organizational development of and leadership in institutions dealing with delinquents' needs for services
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Violence and Mental Illness
Book Subtitle: An Overview
Authors: Lia Ahonen
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18750-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18749-1Published: 25 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18750-7Published: 17 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-8533
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 84
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Violence and Crime, Psychological Methods/Evaluation