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"The United States has the highest per-capita imprisonment rate in the world. In 1990, the prison population across the country jumped 8.2 percent. On an average day, 100,000 crimes are committed and over 35,000 people are arrested. The judicial and criminal justice systems are overwhelmed by this growing burden, and are ill-equipped to handle the large number of individuals who suffer from some form of mental disorder - roughly 35 percent of those currently in the criminal justice system. A lack of training and understanding has led to confusion and inadequate control in the treatment of…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1993Simon & Schuster · 144 pages · 9780671865726
- Other · English · 1992Lexington Books · 144 pages · 9780669244502
African American menAfro-American menPsychology, pathologicalCriminal behaviorMentally ill offendersAdministration of Criminal justiceAfrican americans, psychologySocial conditions