Crime, punishment, and mental illness law and the behavioral sciences in conflict
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 1960's, which led to more patients living on their own, as the reason for this high rate...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Critical issues in crime and society.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798376106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Social Construction of Mental Illness as a Criminal Justice Problem
- Chapter 2. Systems of Social Control: From Asylums to Prisons
- Chapter 3. Competency to Stand Trial and Competency to Be Executed
- Chapter 4. The Problems with the Insanity Defense: The Conflict between Law and Psychiatry
- Chapter 5. The "Mad" or "Bad" Debate Concerning Sex Offenders
- Chapter 6. Juvenile Offenders, Developmental Competency, and Mental Illness
- Chapter 7. Criminalizing Mental Illness: Does It Matter?
- References
- Index
- About the Authors
