1413 - Mental Health at the Intersection of the Criminal Justice and Education Systems

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

There is no more powerful stereotype than that of mental illness as a source of violent and dangerous behavior. While inaccurate, in fact, mental illness has been criminalized with the criminal justice system providing the majority of mental health care in the U.S. today. Likewise, recent school shootings have also focused attention on mental illness and violent behavior. The papers in this session focus on the complex issues raised when we consider mental health at the intersection of these two complex systems and share a focus on the institutional or organizational context of mental health.

Sub Unit

• Section on the Sociology of Mental Health / Mental Health at the Intersection: Mental Health and the Criminal Justice and Education Systems

Session Organizer

• Teresa L. Scheid, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Presider

• Teresa L. Scheid, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Individual Presentations

• After the Easy Hard: Institutional Grieving After the Gun Violence Death of a Student - Nora Gross, University of Pennsylvania

• Gender and Race/Ethnicity Differences in Childhood Adversity and Adult Anger among the Incarcerated - Susan Roxburgh, Kent State University

• “It happens weekly” – Pathways to Rampage School Shootings - Anne Nassauer, Freie Universität Berlin

• Safety as Care: Exploring Mental Health Care in the Criminal Justice Context - Andrew V. Krebs, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant

• Teresa L. Scheid, University of North Carolina-Charlotte