In this Book
- Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness: Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: Critical Issues in Crime and Society
summary
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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Additional Information
ISBN
9780813545080
Related ISBN(s)
9780813543376
MARC Record
OCLC
271432714
Pages
238
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No