Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465094196
- ISBN: 0465094198
- ISBN: 9780465094202
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Physical Description:
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vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part I. Ensnared : how we got here. 1. Jail is the only safe place ; 2. The largest psych ward in America ; 3. The asylum fallacy -- Part II. Locked up : what happens inside. 4. Jail as hospital ; 5. Destined to fail ; 6. Sanctioned torture ; 7. Better off dead ; 8. Guilty by reason of insanity -- Part III. Breaking free : toward a better way. 9. Inside out ; 10. The cycle ; 11. Shooting the victim ; 12. The good-cop solution ; 13. Disorder in the court -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. |
Language Note: | Text in English. |
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Subject: | Mentally ill offenders United States Mentally ill offenders Services for United States Mentally ill offenders Civil rights United States Prisoners Mental health services United States |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HV 6133 .R68 2018 | 30775305540420 | General Collection | Available | - |
Insane : America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
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Insane : America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
An urgent exposéf the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people in America's jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders. In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker. Through intimate stories of people in the system and those trying to fix it, Roth reveals the hidden forces behind this crisis and suggests how a fairer and more humane approach might look. Insane is a galvanizing wake-up call for criminal justice reformers and anyone concerned about the plight of our most vulnerable.