TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Mental disorders among criminal offenders: a review of the literature
JO  - Journal of correctional health care
A1  - Gottfried, Emily D.
A1  - Christopher, Sheresa C.
SP  - 336
EP  - 346
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
N2  - This article examines mental illness among adult, juvenile, male, female, jail, and prison inmates. It also explores the way in which mental health diagnoses impact offending and violent behavior. A review of literature pertaining to differences between the genders and age of offenders suggests that psychiatric disorders are more common among criminal offenders than the population at large. Furthermore, it appears that many mentally ill offenders do not receive sufficient treatment during their incarcerations and that barriers inherent to incarceration prevent adequate treatment of mental illnesses.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1078-3458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345817716180
ID  - ref1
ER  -