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This chapter provides an introduction and overview for the book. Historical events and advances in social science have led to a renewed focus on criminal justice in the United States, and particularly among military veterans. With the wars in Vietnam and the Middle East in past decades, there is concern about the mental health and social adjustment of returning veterans that may manifest in ways that involve the criminal and civil legal system. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) along with local communities throughout the country have developed programs, services, and legal courts for veterans involved in legal systems. This book contains a series of chapters that describe research on the various intersections of mental health and criminal and civil law among veterans.

What wounded veterans don’t need is sympathy. They need to be treated like the men [and women] they are: equals, heroes, and people who still have tremendous value for society.

—Chris Kyle

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  1. Veteran Affairs National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Tampa, FL, USA

    Jack Tsai

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Jack Tsai

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  1. Veterans Affairs National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Tampa, FL, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Jack Tsai

  2. Veterans Benefits Attorney, Loxley Services, and Major U.S. Army Reserve, Gainesville, FL, USA

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Tsai, J. (2019). Introduction. In: Tsai, J., Seamone, E. (eds) Intersections between Mental Health and Law among Veterans. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31664-8_1

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