Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict /

Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation?s jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many experts point to the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in the 1960s, which led to more patients living on their own, as the reason for this high rate of incarce...

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Main Author:	Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-
Other Authors:	Erickson, Steven K., 1971-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008
Series:	Critical issues in crime and society.
Subjects:	Forensic psychiatry > United States. Insanity (Law) > United States. Criminal liability > United States. People with mental disabilities and crime > United States. Mentally Ill Persons > legislation & jurisprudence Mental Disorders > psychology Social Behavior Mental Competency Insanity Defense Crime > psychology United States
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Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict by Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-

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Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict by Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-

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