Insane
Subtitle: America's criminal treatment of mental illness
By: Alisa Roth
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780465094196
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Services for; Civil rights; Mentally ill offenders; Prisoners; Mental health services
Description: An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Ensnared: how we got here; title: Jail is the only safe place; title: The largest psych ward in America; title: The asylum fallacy; title: Part II. Locked up: what happens inside; title: Jail as hospital; title: Destined to fail; title: Sanctioned torture; title: Better off dead; title: Guilty by reason of insanity; title: Part III. Breaking free: toward a better way; title: Inside out; title: The cycle; title: Shooting the victim; title: The good-cop solution; title: Disorder in the court.