Title: Law and the disordered : an exploration in mental health, law, and politics /
Authors: Klein, George C.
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Mentally Ill Persons legislation & jurisprudence; Mental Health Services legislation & jurisprudence; Mental Disorders; Commitment of Mentally Ill legislation & jurisprudence; Mental health laws United States; Mental health policy United States.; Mental health laws Illinois.; Mental health policy Illinois.; Illinois; Illinois
Contents: Part I. Theory. Cogeneric analysis : on the emergence of an "accidental" methodology -- Part II. The Court. The mental health court : the beginning -- Part III. Studying Down. Admissions : "I don't reject anybody ... I'm protecting myself" ; The police : "how do you talk a mentally ill person out of being mentally ill?" -- Part IV. Studying Up : The Illinois Department of Mental Health and the Illinois State Legislature and the Governor's Office. The Illinois department of mental health : the mental health system? ; The legislature and the governor : battling the alligators -- Part V. Conclusions -- Appendix: the courts: a dead end.