Injustice and prophecy in the age of mass incarceration the politics of sanity /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcertate the mentally ill, frequently poor people of color? Via multiple reframings of the question--theological, socioeconomic, and psychological--Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a 'persecution of the prophetic' at the heart of the contemporary...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skotnicki, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022
Temas:
Imprisonment > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Mental illness > Treatment > Moral and ethical aspects.
People with mental disabilities > Public opinion.
Mentally ill prisoners > United States.
Mentally ill prisoners > Great Britain.
Prophets.
Mentally ill prisoners.
Great Britain.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview of the problem of mental illness and incarceration
  • How we think about the mentally ill
  • Why do we punish the mentally ill?
  • A profile of the "mad" prophet
  • Prophetic types and the penal sanctuary.

Ejemplares similares