TY - GEN T1 - Crime, punishment, and mental illness : law and the behavioral sciences in conflict T2 - Critical issues in crime and society. A1 - Erickson, Patricia E., 1947- A2 - Erickson, Steven K., 1971- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2008 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn271432714 AB - Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation?s jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many experts point to the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in the 1960s, which led to more patients living on their own, as the reason for this high rate of incarceration. But this explanation does not justify why our society has chosen to treat these people with punitive measures. In Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness, Patricia E. Erickson and Steven K. Erickson explore how societal beliefs about free will and moral responsibility have shaped current polic. OP - 218 CN - RA1151 .E72 2008eb SN - 9780813545080 SN - 0813545080 SN - 9786611776398 SN - 6611776397 SN - 0813543371 SN - 9780813543376 SN - 1281776394 SN - 9781281776396 SN - 081354338X SN - 9780813543383 KW - Forensic psychiatry : United States. KW - Insanity (Law) : United States. KW - Criminal liability : United States. KW - People with mental disabilities and crime : United States. KW - Persons with Psychiatric Disorders : legislation & jurisprudence. KW - Mental Disorders : psychology KW - Social Behavior KW - Mental Competency KW - Insanity Defense KW - Crime : psychology KW - United States KW - Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle et criminalité : États-Unis. KW - 44.91 psychiatry, psychopathology. KW - 86.41 criminal law: general. KW - PSYCHOLOGY : Forensic Psychology. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General. KW - Criminal liability KW - Forensic psychiatry KW - Insanity (Law) KW - People with mental disabilities and crime KW - Kriminalpsychologie KW - Täter KW - Rechtsprechung KW - Gerichtliche Psychiatrie KW - Psychische Störung KW - Kriminalität KW - USA KW - Psychische stoornissen. KW - Daders. KW - Toerekeningsvatbaarheid. KW - Strafrechtelijke aansprakelijkheid. KW - Verenigde Staten. ER -