Law and the Disordered
An Explanation in Mental Health, Law, and Politics
In the 1970's, sociologists found that mentally disordered patients were routinely committed to state hospitals. By 2005, state hospital facilities had been emptied and, consequently, the patients for whom they cared for had been shuffled elsewhere by the system. Some of these patients were placed in private hospitals. However, for many, there was no asylum-there was only jail or the street. How does our legal and mental health system handle the mentally disordered? In Law and the Disordered, George C. Klein presents a revealing survey that explores the system of processing prisoners and patients from arrest to admissions to court. In an inve…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7618-4734-2
- EAN: 9780761847342
- Produktnummer: 22070208
- Verlag: Upa
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 410 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'888 KB
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