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Shelby Morrow Tiffany Isaacs ENC 2135-38 20 February 2017
How may the treatment amongst criminals vary?
Addison M. Duval, M.D. "The Criminally Insane- Our Neglected Responsibility." 1 April 2006. Psychiatry Online. 18 Feburary 2017. <http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/ps.8.4.10>.
This source discusses the mistreatment and neglect of mentally ill criminals. Just the beginning of this problem is that “in some states such individuals are considered second rate citizens who do not warrant first state treatment.” This creates a multitude of issues, one being the lack of attention given to correctly diagnose the mentally ill patients convicted of a crime. Consequently, there are many undetected mentally ill individuals in prison. A common misconception of “laymen” is that criminally insane patients are so violent that they should indefinitely incarcerated or patients in the prison ward of mental hospitals. Treatment of the patients have increased over the years. This is due to more funding. When the budget is increased, better treatment techniques, personnel, and facilities are obtainable.