Crime, punishment, and mental illness

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

שנה

2008

שפה

English

סדרה

Critical issues in crime and society

הוצאה

Rutgers University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

218

ISBN

9780813543376

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