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 …

… This dissertation by Sheresa Christopher, directed and approved by the candidate’s
committee, has been accepted and approved by the Faculty of Pacific Graduate School of …

Through a series of court cases, the right of mental health patients to receive treatment for
their mental illness is well established. For instance, in Wyatt v. Stickney (1972) and O' Connor …

Courts have consistently found that adults who are mentally competent have the right to refuse
treatment, even if such treatment is considered in their best interests. Given the inherent …

Mandated mental health treatment in the forms of inpatient and outpatient commitments is
utilized to protect individuals from themselves or others from their potentially violent behavior. …

… As researchers Emily Gottfried and Sheresa Christopher state, “Psychiatric disorders are …
Christopher Mele and Teresa Miller refer to this lifetime of punishment as the “collateral conse…

“Trans-institutionalization” refers to the shift of seriously mentally ill adults from the care of
psychiatric institutions to correctional institutions. Beginning in the 1950s, public mental health …

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as "Chris". (Christopher married twice. He was married to Jeannette "Jeanette" Nederveen412 …

… Christopher became generally known as "Chris". … Christopher became generally known
as "Chris". (Christopher married twice. He was married to Jeannette "Jeanette" Nederveen412 …

… This dissertation, written by SHERESA BOONE BLANCHARD, has been approved by the
following committee of the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina …