Back to the Asylum : the Future of Mental Health Law and Policy in the United States.
Introduction: Madness and Responsibility. 1. The Pendulum of Social Movement. 2. Mental Illness and Criminal Responsibility. 3. Rethinking the Insanity Defense in the Neoconservative Era. 4. The Fate of the Insane Offender in the Neoconservative Era. 5. The Liberal Era of Involuntary Commitment. 6....
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
1992.
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Table of Contents:
- 0195055209.pdf; Contents; Introduction: The Pendulum of Social Movement; 1. Madness and Responsibility; 2. Law and Order in the Neoconservative Era; 3. The Fate of the Insane Offender in the Neoconservative Era; 4. Involuntary Commitment in the Liberal Era; 5. Involuntary Commitment in the Neoconservative Era; 6. The Road Back; 7. Does Legal Reform Make a Difference?; 8. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Future of Mental Health Law and Policy; Notes; Bibliography; Index.