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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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Services for, Civil rights, Mentally ill offenders, Prisoners, Mental health services, Prisoners, united states, Criminal justice, administration of, New York Times reviewed, LAW / Criminal Law, LAW / Mental Health, MEDICAL / Mental Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / CriminologyPlaces
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Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
2020, Basic Books
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1541646479 9781541646476
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Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
2018, Basic Books
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0465094201 9780465094202
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Insane: America's criminal treatment of mental illness
2018, Basic Books
in English
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0465094198 9780465094196
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.
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