The criminalization of mental illness : crisis and opportunity for the justice system / Risdon N. Slate, Kelly Frailing, W. Wesley Johnson, Jacqueline K. Buffington.

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"For a myriad of reasons the criminal justice system has become the de facto mental health system in the United States. The third edition of The Criminalization of Mental Illness thoroughly explains these reasons, and describes in detail specialized law enforcement responses to people with mental il...

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Main Authors: Slate, Risdon N. (Author)
Frailing, Kelly (Author)
Johnson, W. Wesley (Author)
Buffington, Jacqueline K. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2021]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Insanity (Law) > United States.
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > United States.
Mentally ill offenders > United States.
Internement (Psychiatrie) > États-Unis.
Criminels vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > États-Unis.
Insanity (Law)
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention.
Mentally ill offenders.
United States.
Physical Description:xviii, 537 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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