Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict /
Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-
Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict / Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xv, 218 p. ; 23 cm. - Critical issues in crime and society . - Critical issues in crime and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index.
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?
9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007044904
GBA889451 bnb
101319823 DNLM 014669796 Uk
Forensic psychiatry--United States.
Insanity (Law)--United States.
Criminal liability--United States.
People with mental disabilities and crime--United States.
RA1151 / .E72 2008
614/.15
WM 33 AA1 / E68 2008
Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict / Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2008. - xv, 218 p. ; 23 cm. - Critical issues in crime and society . - Critical issues in crime and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index.
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?
9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007044904
GBA889451 bnb
101319823 DNLM 014669796 Uk
Forensic psychiatry--United States.
Insanity (Law)--United States.
Criminal liability--United States.
People with mental disabilities and crime--United States.
RA1151 / .E72 2008
614/.15
WM 33 AA1 / E68 2008