| Edition |
First Carroll and Graf edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface. A national scandal -- Acknowledgment -- pt. 1. Shayne -- 1. The eyes of an Indian princess -- 2. Creature of the institution -- 3. Bedlam in Iowa -- pt. 2. Luke -- 4. Fear and ecstasy -- 5. Ten days -- 6. Crazy in Texas -- pt. 3. Alan and Peter -- 7. An uncommon fury -- 8. Out of control -- 9. Excusable deaths in Florida -- Epilogue for part three -- pt. 4. Jessica -- 10. There ought to be a place -- 11. The box -- 12. New York : a system overwhelmed -- Epilogue for part four -- pt. 5. Joseph -- 13. Child of the streets -- 14. Lockdown -- 15. Scandal in California -- Epilogue for part five -- Afterword. A prescription -- Appendix. Top ten list to keep people with mental illness out of the criminal justice system. |
| Subject |
Mentally ill offenders -- United States.
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Mentally ill offenders -- Services for -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0786717459 paperback |
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9780786717453 paperback |
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