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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv 1 The Social Construction of Mental Illness as a Criminal Justice Problem 1 2 Systems of Social Control: From Asylums to Prisons 23 3 Competency to Stand Trial and Competency to Be Executed 50 4 The Problems with the Insanity Defense: The Conflict between Law and Psychiatry 79 5 The “Mad” or “Bad” Debate Concerning Sex Offenders 115 6 Juvenile Offenders, Developmental Competency, and Mental Illness 135 7 Criminalizing Mental Illness: Does It Matter? 176 References 195 Index 211 vii ...

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