Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict / Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson.
Series: Critical issues in crime and societyPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.Description: xv, 218 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- RA1151 .E72 2008
- WM 33 AA1
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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?