Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective

Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan; Samuel Adjorlolo

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71024-8

Crime, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System in Africa: A Psycho-Criminological Perspective

Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan^* (Editor), Samuel Adjorlolo (Editor)

^*Corresponding author for this work

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• Provides a unique, psycho-criminological perspective on crime, mental health, and the criminal justice system in Africa
• Includes African contributors/perspectives
• Seeks to advance knowledge and understanding of the research conducted and practices delivered in a general African approach and in different African countries

Original language	English
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	439
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030710248
ISBN (Print)	9783030710231, 9783030710262
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71024-8
Publication status	Published - 27 Aug 2021

Keywords

police
prison officers
serial murder
crime in the global south
child sexual abuse
prison
incarceration
police and court
stress and police
kidnapping
suicide
clinical psychiatry
criminal justice
forensic psychology
forensic psychiatry
Policing

UN SDGs

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