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Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration : The Politics of Sanity /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Skotnicki, Andrew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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 criminal justice system. This interdisciplinary book draws on criminology, theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and psychiatric history to consider the increasingly intractable issue of mass incarceration. Inviting a new, collaborative conversation on penal reform as a fundamentally 'life-affirming' project, it defends the dignity of those diagnosed as mentally unstable and their capacity for spiritual transcendence." --
Descripción Física:1 online resource (182 pages).
ISBN:9781529222241