Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa
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Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa
A Psycho-Criminological Perspective
Adjorlolo, Samuel; Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver)
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
08/2021
411
Dura
Inglês
9783030710231
15 a 20 dias
703
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Chapter 1: Introduction; Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Samuel Adjorlolo.- Part One: Theory and Research.- Chapter 2: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, and Behavior among African Youths: A Psycho-social and Criminological Analysis; Richard A. Aborisade.- Chapter 3: Situating Suicide Attempt within the Notion of "Social Suffering": A New Public Mental Health Approach for Addressing a Psycho-criminological Problem in Ghana; Johnny Andoh Arthur.- Chapter 4: A Review of the Violent Nature of Criminal Victimization in South Africa; By: Johan van Graan.- Chapter 5: An Exploratory Study of Kidnapping as an Emerging Crime in Nigeria; By: Alaba Oludare.- Chapter 6: "What is the Problem"? Citizen's Experiences with the Police and Court in Ghana; Akosua A. Adu-Poku.- Chapter 7: "Before I could, say Jack, I was in the Grip of the Police": Experiences of Persons who Use Drugs and Their Encounters with the Police in Ghana; Feikoab Parimah, Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Maria Goretti Ane-Loglo, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Timothy P. Debrah, & Samuel Hanu.- Chapter 8: Evaluating the Predictors of Stress among Police Officers in Nigeria: A Psychosocial Analysis; Oluwagbenga (Michael) Akinlabi.- Chapter 9: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Prison Officers in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration;Thomas D. Akoensi.- Part Two: Policy and Practice.- Chapter 10: An Overview of Serial Murder and its Investigation in South Africa; Gerard N. Labuschagne.- Chapter 11: The Constitutional Imperative, Common Law Position and Domestic Legislation in the Context of Mental Health Care in South Africa; Magdalen Swanepoel.- Chapter 12: Issues of Competence, Experience, and Psychological Awareness among Police Prosecutors Working on Cases of Child Sexual Abuse in Ghana; Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako.- Chapter 13: Mental Health of Prison Inmates within the Nigerian Criminal Justice System; Chiedu Eseadi.- Chapter 14: Crossing the Social Boundary: Black FemaleOffenders inside South African Institutions of Incarceration; NP Dastile.- Chapter 15: Conclusion; Samuel Adjorlolo and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan.
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police;prison officers;serial murder;crime in the global south;child sexual abuse;prison;incarceration;police and court;stress and police;kidnapping;suicide;clinical psychiatry;criminal justice;forensic psychology;forensic psychiatry;Policing
Chapter 1: Introduction; Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Samuel Adjorlolo.- Part One: Theory and Research.- Chapter 2: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, and Behavior among African Youths: A Psycho-social and Criminological Analysis; Richard A. Aborisade.- Chapter 3: Situating Suicide Attempt within the Notion of "Social Suffering": A New Public Mental Health Approach for Addressing a Psycho-criminological Problem in Ghana; Johnny Andoh Arthur.- Chapter 4: A Review of the Violent Nature of Criminal Victimization in South Africa; By: Johan van Graan.- Chapter 5: An Exploratory Study of Kidnapping as an Emerging Crime in Nigeria; By: Alaba Oludare.- Chapter 6: "What is the Problem"? Citizen's Experiences with the Police and Court in Ghana; Akosua A. Adu-Poku.- Chapter 7: "Before I could, say Jack, I was in the Grip of the Police": Experiences of Persons who Use Drugs and Their Encounters with the Police in Ghana; Feikoab Parimah, Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Maria Goretti Ane-Loglo, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Timothy P. Debrah, & Samuel Hanu.- Chapter 8: Evaluating the Predictors of Stress among Police Officers in Nigeria: A Psychosocial Analysis; Oluwagbenga (Michael) Akinlabi.- Chapter 9: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Prison Officers in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration;Thomas D. Akoensi.- Part Two: Policy and Practice.- Chapter 10: An Overview of Serial Murder and its Investigation in South Africa; Gerard N. Labuschagne.- Chapter 11: The Constitutional Imperative, Common Law Position and Domestic Legislation in the Context of Mental Health Care in South Africa; Magdalen Swanepoel.- Chapter 12: Issues of Competence, Experience, and Psychological Awareness among Police Prosecutors Working on Cases of Child Sexual Abuse in Ghana; Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako.- Chapter 13: Mental Health of Prison Inmates within the Nigerian Criminal Justice System; Chiedu Eseadi.- Chapter 14: Crossing the Social Boundary: Black FemaleOffenders inside South African Institutions of Incarceration; NP Dastile.- Chapter 15: Conclusion; Samuel Adjorlolo and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan.
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