Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness

Summary: An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.

Record details

ISBN: 9780465094196
ISBN: 0465094198
ISBN: 9780465094202
Physical Description: print
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.