num_pages: 336
description: The Evolution of Mental Health Law chronicles a relatively new field t hat has developed around the goals of protecting the rights and needs of people with disabilities, defining the proper sphere of individuali zation in criminal justice, and drawing boundaries between science and morality in decision making. The editors have brought together leadin g specialists from the field's many domains, including lawyers, health policy specialists, forensic psychologists, law professors, psychiatr ists, and sociologists, who share their theoretical insights and empir ical research of significant developments in mental health law and pol icy in the past 25 years.
language: English
title: The Evolution of Mental Health Law
titlecomplete: The Evolution of Mental Health Law (LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES)
publisher: Amer Psychological Assn