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
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Text in English.
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.