Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness: Law and the Behavioral

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Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness: Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)
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Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation's jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many experts point to the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in the 1960s, which led to more patients living on their own, as the reason for this high rate of incarceration. But this explanation does not justify why our society has chosen to treat these people with punitive measures.
Â Â Â In Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness, Patricia E. Erickson and Steven K. Erickson explore how societal beliefs about free will and moral responsibility have shaped current policies and they identify the differences among the goals, ethos, and actions of the legal and health care systems. Drawing on high-profile cases, the authors provide a critical analysis of topics, including legal standards for competency, insanity versus mental illness, sex offenders, psychologically disturbed juveniles, the injury and death rates of mentally ill prisoners due to the inappropriate use of force, the high level of suicide, and the release of mentally ill individuals from jails and prisons who have received little or no treatment.
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Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill

Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill

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Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It

Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison

Responding to Individuals With Mental Illnesses: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers and Other Public Safety and Criminal Justice Professionals

Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility

The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens

The Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System, Second Edition

Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminalized Mentally Ill

Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill

Mental Illness and Crime

Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It

Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison

Responding to Individuals With Mental Illnesses: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers and Other Public Safety and Criminal Justice Professionals

Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility

The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens

Country	USA
Brand	Rutgers University Press
Manufacturer	Rutgers University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780813543383
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness: Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict (Critical Issues in Crime and Society)

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