ISBN:
9781442224049
,
9781442224056
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 383 p.
,
24 cm
DDC:
303.6087/40973
Keywords:
People with mental disabilities / United States
;
Mental health laws / United States
;
People with mental disabilities / Mental health services / United States
;
Geistige Behinderung
;
Kriminalisierung
;
Psychische Störung
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Geistige Behinderung
;
Psychische Störung
;
Kriminalisierung
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography
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