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Describe social and historical factors over recent decades that have negatively affected the justice system with respect to mental health in the United States.
On Feb 18, 2024
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▪ Since the 1970s, the number of prisoners in U.S.prisons has quadrupled.Nearly one out of 100 Americans is in prison, a rate 5 to 10 times that of other industrialized democracies
▪ This increase has largely to do with tougher enforcement of drug possession laws beginning in the 1980s and anti-crime initiatives in the 1990s, and disproportionately affects lower-income and ethnic minority individuals.
▪ At the same time, the deinstitutionalization movement (see the chapter "Looking at Abnormality")has led to mentally ill and at-risk individuals living in their communities without adequate care.
▪ Since the 1970s, the number of prisoners in U.S.prisons has quadrupled.Nearly one out of 100 Americans is in prison, a rate 5 to 10 times that of other industrialized democracies
▪ This increase has largely to do with tougher enforcement of drug possession laws beginning in the 1980s and anti-crime initiatives in the 1990s, and disproportionately affects lower-income and ethnic minority individuals.
▪ At the same time, the deinstitutionalization movement (see the chapter "Looking at Abnormality")has led to mentally ill and at-risk individuals living in their communities without adequate care.