Discuss treatment of mentally ill offenders

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Readings:

Alarid, L. (2019). Community-based Corrections (12th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. ISBN: 9781337687362.

Based on the Read items for this module, and your own research, discuss the impact that deinstitutionalization has had on the incarceration of the mentally ill. Be sure to address social and political influences on the decision to deinstitutionalize (ex; the Martinson report), and whether current methods are appropriate for handling mentally ill offenders. Be sure to discuss any Biblical precedent for the treatment of mentally ill offenders.

Use in text citations for the module readings along with 4 other in text citations.

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