Crime, punishment and mental illness: law and the behavioral sciences in conflict
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 the behavioral sciences -- The "mad&qu...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.]
Rutgers University Press
2008
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In: | Year: 2008 |
Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 3369 |
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Summary: | 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 the behavioral sciences -- 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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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Physical Description: | XV, 218 S. |
ISBN: | 9780813543376 9780813543383 |