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Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness / Alisa Roth.

By: Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: vi, 312 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465094196
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV6133 .R68 2018
Contents:
Part I. Ensnared: how we got here -- Jail is the only safe place -- The largest psych ward in America -- The asylum fallacy -- Part II. Locked up: what happens inside -- Jail as hospital -- Destined to fail -- Sanctioned torture -- Better off dead -- Guilty by reason of insanity -- Part III. Breaking free: toward a better way -- Inside out -- The cycle -- Shooting the victim -- The good-cop solution -- Disorder in the court.
Summary: An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.
List(s) this item appears in: Mental Health
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV6133 .R68 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001448256

Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.

Part I. Ensnared: how we got here -- Jail is the only safe place -- The largest psych ward in America -- The asylum fallacy -- Part II. Locked up: what happens inside -- Jail as hospital -- Destined to fail -- Sanctioned torture -- Better off dead -- Guilty by reason of insanity -- Part III. Breaking free: toward a better way -- Inside out -- The cycle -- Shooting the victim -- The good-cop solution -- Disorder in the court.

An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.

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