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Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-

Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict / Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xv, 218 p. ; 23 cm. - Critical issues in crime and society . - Critical issues in crime and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index.

The social construction of mental illness as a criminal justice problem -- Systems of social control: from asylums to prisons -- Competency to stand trial and competency to be executed -- The problems with the insanity defense: the conflict between law and psychiatry -- The "mad" or "bad" debate concerning sex offenders -- Juvenile offenders, developmental competency, and mental illness -- Criminalizing mental illness: does it matter?

ISBN: 9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007044904

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA889451 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101319823 DNLM 014669796 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Forensic psychiatry--United States.
Insanity (Law)--United States.
Criminal liability--United States.
People with mental disabilities and crime--United States.

LC Class. No.: RA1151 / .E72 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 614/.15

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WM 33 AA1 / E68 2008