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Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict
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Title
Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict / Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson.
ISBN
9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xv, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 21, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
Contents
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?
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Mental Disorders - psychology - United States.
Mentally Ill Persons - legislation & jurisprudence - United States.
Crime - psychology - United States.
Insanity Defense - United States.
Mental Competency - United States.
Social Behavior - United States.
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