Title Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict / Patricia E. Erickson, Steven K. Erickson.

Publication Info.	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008]
	©2008

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	614.15 E68C	Check Shelf

Description	xv, 218 pages ; 23 cm.
Series	Critical issues in crime and society
	Critical issues in crime and society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
Contents	The social construction of mental illness as a criminal justice problem -- Systems of social control: from asylums to prisons -- Competency to stand trial and competency to be executed -- The problems with the insanity defense: the conflict between law and psychiatry -- The "mad" or "bad" debate concerning sex offenders -- Juvenile offenders, developmental competency, and mental illness -- Criminalizing mental illness: does it matter?
Subject	Forensic psychiatry -- United States.
	Insanity (Law) -- United States.
	Criminal liability -- United States.
	People with mental disabilities and crime -- United States.
	Mental Disorders -- psychology -- United States.
	Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
	Crime -- psychology -- United States.
	Insanity Defense -- United States.
	Mental Competency -- United States.
	Social Behavior -- United States.
Added Author	Erickson, Steven K., 1971-
ISBN	9780813543376 hardcover alkaline paper
	0813543371 hardcover alkaline paper
	9780813543383 paperback alkaline paper
	081354338X paperback alkaline paper

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