This article discusses the role of correctional line staff in treatment of prison inmates with
serious mental illness. The authors assert that many roles and duties traditionally attributed to …

Psychopathy as measured by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL–R; Hare,
1991, 2003) is related to a range of rule-breaking and antisocial behaviors. Given this …

The authors recommend that the safest way to return someone from confinement to freedom
is in increments of decreased structure and increased freedom. As the likelihood, severity, …

Prevention of psychological injuries is important in the broader area of psychological injuries
and the law. One area that is particularly prominent in this respect involves the serious …

The use of administrative segregation for inmates with and without mental illness has generated
considerable criticism. Segregated inmates are locked in single cells for 23 hours per …

Arson is a socially costly, complex, and little-studied phenomenon in America. Fire setting,
or incendiarism, is on the increase, and it costs America billions of dollars and an estimated …

This article traces the history of the way in which mental disorders were viewed and treated,
from before the birth of Christ to the present day. Special attention is paid to the process of …

Aggressive and intensive case management and a comprehensive array of community
support services are the keys to reducing the risk of violence by people with serious mental …

To obtain a comprehensive picture of the levels of mental disability in the general state prison
population in New York State, the authors gathered data on a random sample of inmates …

Risk communication of violence involves information provided by an assessor to a decision-maker
regarding the likelihood that a violent act will be committed by an individual who is …