Erickson, Patricia E.,  1947- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007044904 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA889451  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101319823  DNLM 014669796  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Forensic psychiatry--United States.<br/>Insanity (Law)--United States.<br/>Criminal liability--United States.<br/>People with mental disabilities and crime--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA1151  / .E72 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>614/.15 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WM 33 AA1  / E68 2008