American Psychiatric Association Publishing Entangled: How People With Serious Mental Illnesses Get Caught in Misdemeanor Systems

Contents: Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgments, Part I: Understanding Misdemeanor Systems, Contexts, and Decision-Making, Chapter 1. Introduction: The System, The Process, the Contexts: Misdemeanor Arrests among People with Serious Mental Illnesses, Chapter 2. Using System Maps to Understand Entanglement and Guide Change, Chapter 3. Decision-Making Contexts of Misdemeanor Charges, Chapter 4. Common Themes and Tensions: Misdemeanor System Perspectives on Managing Behaviors of People with Serious Mental Illnesses, Part II: Common Types of Misdemeanor Charges for People with Serious Mental Illnesses, Chapter 5. Being in the Wrong Place: Criminal Trespass and Criminal Legal Entanglement, Chapter 6. A $25 T-Shirt from the Bargain Store: Shoplifting and Criminal Legal System Entanglement, Chapter 7. Non-cooperation with Officers and Using “Fighting Words”: Obstruction and Related Misdemeanor Charges, Chapter 8. “That's scary because now they're showing violence”: Simple Assault Charges and Criminal Legal System Entanglement, Part III: Toward Reform and System Improvements, Chapter 9: The Current Era of Multifaceted Criminal Legal System Reform, Chapter 10. Reform in an Era of Mental Health and Crisis Services Innovation, Chapter 11. Equity in Mental Health and Criminal Legal Reform