Routledge Handbook on Offenders with Special Needs

Estimates indicate that approximately 2.2 million people are incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities across the United States. The Handbook of Offenders with Special Needs is an in-depth examination of offenders with special needs, including learning-challenged, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill offenders as well as substance abusers, sex offenders, women, juveniles, and chronically and terminally ill offenders. This is a key collection for students taking courses in prisons, penology, criminal justice, criminology, and related subjects, and is also an essential reference for academics and practitioners working in correctional services or related agencies.