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Chapter 35 - Building a Therapeutic Relationship Between Probation Officers and Probationers with Serious Mental Illnesses

from Part V - Criminal Justice and Social Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2021

By
Matthew W. Epperson ,
Leon Sawh  and
Sophia P. Sarantakos
Edited by
Katherine Warburton  and
Stephen M. Stahl
Katherine Warburton
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Stephen M. Stahl
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Summary

For the first time in nearly four decades, the incarcerated population in the United States has begun to level off and decline, suggesting that mass incarceration has reached a tipping point. Additionally, there is growing empirical evidence that incarceration does not meet its stated goals of increasing public safety and rehabilitating individuals; in most cases, incarceration does just the opposite. Incarceration is also not applied evenly, as people of color and people with behavioral health disorders are grossly over-represented in jails and prisons.

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Decriminalizing Mental Illness , pp. 361 - 372
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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