Neither bad nor mad : the competing discourses of psychiatry, law, and politics /
This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia, enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illnes...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Pub.,
2002.
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| Series: | Forensic focus ;
20. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=105644 |
| Summary: | This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia, enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness or criminality. In doing so, it interfered with the law's protection of civil rights and also with professional distinctions between a certifiable mental illness and the broader concept of mental disorder. The ensuing legal processes highlighted the ambiguous, contingent and negotiable nature of t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1417501596 9781417501595 1846423309 9781846423307 9781843100065 1843100061 1283907186 9781283907187 |