Annotated Bibliography - Criminality and Mental Illness

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY - CRIMINALITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS 1 Annotated Bibliography - Criminality and Mental Illness Leah Gil CCJ 4700 Spring B 2022 Florida International University
Annotated Bibliography - Criminality and Mental Illness 2 Annotated Bibliography - Criminality and Mental Illness For many years, criminologists, and professionals of a variety of fields have been intrigued by the relationship between mental illness and its effect on crime incidence. It has been observed that there are many other factors that also play a role in crime rate and recurrence, but mental illness has had significant correlation with certain kinds of crime. "A Public Health Perspective on Violent Offenses Among Persons With Mental Illness" In "A Public Health Perspective on Violent Offenses Among Persons With Mental Illness" ( Stuart and Arboleda-Florez, 2001 ), the text claims to support the hypothesis that "people with mental and substance use disorders are not major contributors to police-identified criminal violence" but their results indicate that a majority (61%) of newly admitted inmates are affected by mental illness or substance abuse disorders. This article then proceeds to reference 7 other "recent studies" that have concluded that there are higher than average violence rates within populations of people that are affected by mental illness or substance abuse disorders. The information presented in this article attempts to destigmatize mentally ill individuals, yet the data presented does not represent that in the best light. The results indicating a majority (61%) of inmates having psychiatric or substance abuse problems does not directly confirm the hypothesis that this population is not responsible for the majority of crime. Ultimately, this journal attempts to defend a claim that is poorly supported because it presents more data against their stance than supporting it. "Mental illness, crime, and violence: Risk, context, and social control" After careful review of " Mental illness, crime, and violence: Risk, context, and social control " ( Markowitz, 2011 ), it can be concluded that this article was more elaborately written with better support for the claims in the text. A study is referenced that yielded results indicating
Annotated Bibliography - Criminality and Mental Illness 3 that 64% and 56% of jail and state prison inmates, respectively, are affected by a history of mental health problems. However, this journal did a wonderful job of presenting data to represent the variety of factors that can influence crime incidence such as homelessness, drug addiction, socioeconomic status, demographics, and more. An example of how Markowitz achieves this is by presenting data such that confirms the relationships between the other factors that impact crime rates and reoffending; the majority of homeless individuals are affected by mental illness and/or substance abuse issues and are often located in less advantages demographic locations that in turn add perceived pressure to commit crimes to survive. All facts were well supported by other literature and well connected to explain what potential causes of above-average crime rates or incidences may be. " Gender, mental illness, and crime " This article, "Gender, mental illness, and crime" ( Thompson, 2008 ), was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice and therefore must be evaluated as government approved information. This is a report of studies done on factors that may have a relationship with crime incidence. The key findings from stage one of the study at hand concluded that illegal drug use and depression is associated with higher probability for people to commit a crime. Particularly, it was found that women had higher probabilities of committing crimes under these conditions than men. However, in stage two, findings concluded that [self] medicating women are less likely to commit crimes than [self] medicating men. Ironically, it also identified that antidepressants tend to lead to increase crime rates especially for the demographic of young women more so than men. Older individuals have lower crime rates overall which have shown to be decreased by antidepressants. The most heartbreaking information this report presents is from the third stage
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