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Author:

Erickson, Patricia E., 1947-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xv, 218 p. ; 23 cm.

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.

Other Authors:

Erickson, Steven K., 1971-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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?

Series:

Critical issues in crime and society

ISBN:

081354338X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813543383 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813543371 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813543376 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)180195571

LCCN:

2007044904

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)