- Goals & standards
- Make sure assignment aligns with the below questions as well as the assignment content. THANK YOU!
- · Describe possible causes of mental health issues in the criminal justice system.
- · Identify the behavioral criteria of common mental health disorders seen in the criminal justice system.
- · Describe possible causes for common mental health disorders seen in the criminal justice system.
- · https://medlineplus.gov/mentaldisorders.html
- Week 2 – Crime and Mental Health Paper
- Assignment Content
- Write a 550- to 700-word paper on the connection between crime and mental health. Include the following:
- o Describe the prevalence and causes of mental health issues in the criminal justice system.
- o Describe the behavioral symptoms for three of the most common mental health disorders present in the criminal justice system.
- o Describe the relationship between these mental health issues and crime.
- Include a minimum of three sources.
- Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
- Submit your assignment.
- Resources
- o Center for Writing Excellence
- o Reference and Citation Generator
- o Grammar and Writing Guides
- o Learning Team Toolkit
- CPSS410 Overview of Mental Health in Criminal Justice
- Week 2
- Mental Health Issues in the Criminal Justice System
- Readings:
- Ringhoff, D., Rapp, L., & Robst, J. (2012). The criminalization hypothesis: Practice and policy implications for persons with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system. Best Practice in Mental Health, 8(2), 1-19.
- Searches:
- mental health disorders AND behavioral criteria
- mental health disorders AND criminal justice system
- Videos
- Readings:
- Films Media Group (1998). Criminal Justice and Brain Impairment (06:03) From Title: Mind Talk: The Brain’s New Story.