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Author Roth, Alisa, author.

Title Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness / Alisa Roth.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2018.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  364.3 ROT    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.38 ROT    Check Shelf
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.38 ROTH    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Language Text in English.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.
Contents Part I. Ensnared: how we got here -- Jail is the only safe place -- The largest psych ward in America -- The asylum fallacy -- Part II. Locked up: what happens inside -- Jail as hospital -- Destined to fail -- Sanctioned torture -- Better off dead -- Guilty by reason of insanity -- Part III. Breaking free: toward a better way -- Inside out -- The cycle -- Shooting the victim -- The good-cop solution -- Disorder in the court.
Summary 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.
Subject Mentally ill offenders -- United States.
Mentally ill offenders -- Services for -- United States.
Mentally ill offenders -- Civil rights -- United States.
Prisoners -- Mental health services -- United States.
LAW / Criminal Law.
LAW / Mental Health.
MEDICAL / Mental Health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Mentally ill offenders. (OCoLC)fst01016814
Mentally ill offenders -- Services for. (OCoLC)fst01016820
Prisoners -- Mental health services. (OCoLC)fst01077173
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9780465094196
0465094198
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