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... > social science subjects > sociology > crime and deviance > community corrections > theory and treatment in the community > offenders with mental illness
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > crime and deviance > community corrections > theory and treatment in the community > offenders with mental illness
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > psychology and law > sentencing and incarceration > community corrections > theory and treatment in the community > offenders with mental illness
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > law and society > psychology and law > sentencing and incarceration > community corrections > theory and treatment in the community > offenders with mental illness
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > corrections (penology) > community corrections > theory and treatment in the community > offenders with mental illness

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offenders with mental illness  

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  • Prisoners with mental illness have long been a strain on the criminal justice system. Early American settlers generally treated mentally ill offenders the same as other offenders and subjected them to the same punishments. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Offenders with Mental Illness]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VSWMSQ2G-9

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