Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict

Name: Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict
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ISBN: 9780813543383

ISBN-10: 081354338X

ISBN-13: 9780813543383

Edition: 2008

Authors: Patricia Erickson, Steven Erickson

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Hundreds of thousands of the inmates in the nation's prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Patricia E. Erickson and Steven K. Erickson explore how societal beliefs about free will and moral responsibility have shaped current policies and identify the differences among the legal and health care systems. The authors provide a critical analysis of topics, via high-profile cases, 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 inappropriate use of force, the high level of suicide, and the release of mentally ill persons from prisons who have…

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 7/18/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 238
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English