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.
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Language: | English |
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Text in English. |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2018.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm |
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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.