Visions - Criminal Justice

Vol. 2, No. 8 (Winter 2005) | 40 pages | PDF (1.5 MB)

Background

  • Editor's message (Christina Martens)

  • Mental Illness and Criminal Justice: Where Tolerance Breaks Down [guest editorial] (Stephen Hart)

  • A Long Way to Go (Patrick Storey and Jim White)

  • An Enduring Stereotype: Criminalization of Mental Illness in the Media (Kim Meier)

  • Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders in BC: What's Missing? (Ray Baker)

  • The Criminalization of Individuals with Mental Illness (David Simpson)

  • Preventing Homelessness Following Prison Release (Judy Graves)

  • Canada's Penitentiaries: Not equipped to care for growing numbers of prisoners with mental illnessess (Howard Sapers)

  • Criminalizing Mental Illness (Camia Weaver)

Experiences and Perspectives

Alternatives and Approaches

  • Developing Service Partnerships in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (Michelle Patterson)

  • Treating Offenders with Mental Disorders (Bill Rankin)

  • Mental Health Court in Ontario (Honourable Justice Edward F. Ormston)

  • Behind the Scenes at a Forensic Psychiatric Clinic (Lisa May)

Regional Programs

  • Changing the Way We Work with Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Community (Shelley Cook)

  • An International Study of Crime and Violence Risk: Understanding Community Outcomes of People with Serious Mental Illness (Deborah Ross)

  • Street Crime and Social Disorder in Vancouver (Sherri Lee)

  • Searching for Justice: Mental Health Advocacy in the Court System (Liz Roberts)

  • BC's Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (Lisa May)

  • Resources