Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness : Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-
Otros Autores: Erickson, Steven K., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social Behavior > United States.
Mental Competency > United States.
Insanity Defense > United States.
Crime > psychology > United States.
Mentally Ill Persons > legislation & jurisprudence > United States.
Mental Disorders > psychology > United States.
People with mental disabilities and crime > United States.
Criminal liability > United States.
Insanity (Law) > United States.
Forensic psychiatry > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The social construction of mental illness as a criminal justice problem
  • Systems of social control: from asylums to prisons
  • Competency to stand trial and competency to be executed
  • The problems with the insanity defense: the conflict between law and psychiatry
  • The "mad" or "bad" debate concerning sex offenders
  • Juvenile offenders, developmental competency, and mental illness
  • Criminalizing mental illness: does it matter?

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