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Crime, punishment, and mental illness, law and the behavioral sciences in conflict, Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson

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Crime, punishment, and mental illness, law and the behavioral sciences in conflict, Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Crime, punishment, and mental illness

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

180195571

Responsibility statement

Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson

Sub title

law and the behavioral sciences in conflict

Table Of Contents

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

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