Insane

America's criminal treatment of mental illness

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Alisa Roth: Insane (2018)

312 pages

English language

Published Dec. 18, 2018

ISBN:
978-0-465-09419-6
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OCLC Number:
1029201906

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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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Subjects

  • Services for
  • Civil rights
  • Mentally ill offenders
  • Prisoners
  • Mental health services

Places

  • United States