Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness /
Alisa Roth.
- First edition.
- vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm.
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.
Text in English.
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Mentally ill offenders--United States. Mentally ill offenders--Services for--United States. Mentally ill offenders--Civil rights--United States. Prisoners--Mental health services--United States.