An edition of Insane (2018)

Insane

America's criminal treatment of mental illness

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Insane
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An edition of Insane (2018)

Insane

America's criminal treatment of mental illness

First edition.

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An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
312

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Subjects

Services for, Civil rights, Mentally ill offenders, Prisoners, Mental health services, Prisoners, united states, Criminal justice, administration of, New York Times reviewed, LAW / Criminal Law, LAW / Mental Health, MEDICAL / Mental Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology

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Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
2020, Basic Books
in English
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Cover of: Insane
Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
2018, Basic Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Insane: America's criminal treatment of mental illness
2018, Basic Books
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Table of Contents

Part I. Ensnared: how we got here
Jail is the only safe place
The largest psych ward in America
The asylum fallacy
Part II. Locked up: what happens inside
Jail as hospital
Destined to fail
Sanctioned torture
Better off dead
Guilty by reason of insanity
Part III. Breaking free: toward a better way
Inside out
The cycle
Shooting the victim
The good-cop solution
Disorder in the court.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.

Copyright Date
2018

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.3/8
Library of Congress
HV6133 .R68 2018, HV8742

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 312 pages
Number of pages
312

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OL26951344M
ISBN 10
0465094198
ISBN 13
9780465094196
LCCN
2018933315
OCLC/WorldCat
1029201906

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