Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness / Alisa Roth.

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Roth, Alisa (Author)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Text in English.
Published:	New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Edition:	First edition.
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. LAW / Criminal Law. LAW / Mental Health. MEDICAL / Mental Health. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy. PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Physical Description:	vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Format:	Book