It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinar

Contributors to this volume present and discuss new data which suggest that major mental disorder substantially increases the risk of violent crime. These findi

Does mental disorder cause crime? Does crime cause mental disorder? And if either of these could be proved to be true what consequences should stem for those wh

Perhaps never before has an objective, evidence-based review of the intersection between gun violence and mental illness been more sorely needed or more timely.

Mental Illness and Crime comprehensively synthesizes and critically examines what is currently known about the relationship of mental illness and individual psy