Concerning Mental Illness: Intersectionality, Focal Concerns, and Mental Illness in Sentencing Between 1986 and 2016
Published online on March 26, 2026
Abstract
Crime & Delinquency, Ahead of Print.
Over half of incarcerated individuals self-report a history of mental illness. Applying focal concerns theory, it is possible that sentencing agents might view mental illness as reducing culpability and/or increasing practical constraints, potentially ...
Over half of incarcerated individuals self-report a history of mental illness. Applying focal concerns theory, it is possible that sentencing agents might view mental illness as reducing culpability and/or increasing practical constraints, potentially ...