Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness / Alisa Roth.
Roth, Alisa, author.
2018
HV6133 .R68 2018 (Mapit)
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Title Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness / Alisa Roth.
Author Roth, Alisa, author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780465094196 (hardcover)
0465094198 (hardcover)
9780465094202 (electronic book)
Published New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Language English
Description vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number HV6133 .R68 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.3/8
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.
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Introduction
Part I. Ensnared : how we got here. 1. Jail is the only safe place ; 2. The largest psych ward in America ; 3. The asylum fallacy
Part II. Locked up : what happens inside. 4. Jail as hospital ; 5. Destined to fail ; 6. Sanctioned torture ; 7. Better off dead ; 8. Guilty by reason of insanity
Part III. Breaking free : toward a better way. 9. Inside out ; 10. The cycle ; 11. Shooting the victim ; 12. The good-cop solution ; 13. Disorder in the court
Conclusion
Epilogue.

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