Prison Madness
Subtitle: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: February 5, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780787943615
Subjects: Courts & procedure; Criminal law; Mental health services; Personal & public health; Rehabilitation of offenders; Sociology; Criminal Justice Administration; Mental Health And Hygiene; Psychology; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Penology; Mental Illness; Criminal justice, Administration of; Medical / Mental Health; Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness; Psychology-Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Medical care; United States; Criminology; Mental Health; Prisoners
First sentence: A very large number of prisoners today suffer from a mental disorder serious enough to require intensive psychiatric treatment.