Insane : : America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
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Part I. Ensnared: how we got here -- Jail is the only safe place -- The largest psych ward in America -- The asylum fallacy -- Part II. Locked up: what happens inside -- Jail as hospital -- Destined to fail -- Sanctioned torture -- Better off dead -- Guilty by reason of insanity -- Part III. Breaking free: toward a better way -- Inside out -- The cycle -- Shooting the victim -- The good-cop solution -- Disorder in the court.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780465094196
0465094198
SUBJECTS
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.