NCJ Number
1182
Date Published
1967
Length
89 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED IN 1967, AT THE MENNINGER FOUNDATION IN TOPEKA, KANSAS.
Abstract
STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES AS SEEN BY CORRECTIONS IS FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PICTURE BY A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE. AIRING OF NEW VISTAS IN CORRECTIONS BY A SPECIALIST IN CORRECTIONAL RESEARCH, AND A PSYCHIATRIC LOOK AT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ROLE OF THE PSYCHIATRIST IN THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS. DESCRIPTION OF A PSYCHIATRIC SYSTEM, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BEING CONDUCTED WITHIN A STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM BY A STATE DIVISION OF MENTAL HYGIENE. THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION'S RESPONSIBILITY TO AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, AS IT HAS TO DO WITH PROBLEMS OF THE MENTALLY ILL OFFENDER.