Crime, punishment, and mental illness

law and the behavioral sciences in conflict

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Crime, punishment, and mental illness

law and the behavioral sciences in conflict

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Language
English
Pages
218

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Table of 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?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index.

Published in
New Brunswick, N.J
Series
Critical issues in crime and society

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614/.15
Library of Congress
RA1151 .E72 2008, RA1151.E72 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 218 p. ;
Number of pages
218

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22539690M
Internet Archive
crimepunishmentm0000eric
ISBN 10
0813543371, 081354338X
ISBN 13
9780813543376, 9780813543383
LCCN
2007044904
OCLC/WorldCat
180195571
Library Thing
8766068
Goodreads
2680096
2680097

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