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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt /
Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this book documents and explains how, when and why adults and children with mental disabilities-including those with sexual disorders- who are perceived to be a future danger to others, the community, or themselves have become the most stigmatized, abused, and mi...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,
[2013]
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment
- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence
- Sanist words and language: "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal"
- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading
- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings
- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with serious mental disabilities
- Deemed dangerous due to a mental disability an extremely suspect classification
- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations.