Crime, mental health and the criminal justice system in Africa : a psycho-criminological perspective / Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Samuel Adjorlolo, editors.
Chan, Heng Choon, 1981- editor.; Adjorlolo, Samuel, editor.
2021
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Title Crime, mental health and the criminal justice system in Africa : a psycho-criminological perspective / Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Samuel Adjorlolo, editors.
ISBN 9783030710248 (electronic bk.)
3030710246 (electronic bk.)
3030710238
9783030710231
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71024-8
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-71024-8 doi
Call Number HV6080
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.30968
Summary This book aims to serve as a comprehensive resource for a myriad of crime and mental health topics and issues in the African criminal justice system from a psycho-criminological perspective. Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective is an ideal primary text for courses in criminology, criminal justice, and forensic psychology, as well as a source of reference for practitioners who deal with offenders or victims. Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan is Associate Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. His research focuses on psycho-criminology of crimes and criminal behaviour, violent sexual offending, stalking behaviour, and Asian criminology. He is the author of several books and more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Samuel Adjorlolo is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mental Health Nursing, University of Ghana, Ghana. His research interests centre on forensic mental health, child and adolescent mental health and maternal mental health. He has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
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Adjorlolo, Samuel, editor.
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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? Citizens 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 Female Offenders inside South African Institutions of Incarceration; NP Dastile
Chapter 15: Conclusion; Samuel Adjorlolo and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan.

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