Book

Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness

Call Number

  • 364.38 R8451 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Basic Books, 2018.

Physical Description

vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

An exposé 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.

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