You might also like

More about Law and the Disordered

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 344 loyalty points

Book synopsis

In the 1970's, sociologists found that mentally disordered patients were routinely committed to state hospitals. By 2005, state hospital facilities had been emptied and, consequently, the patients for whom they cared for had been shuffled elsewhere by the system. Some of these patients were placed in private hospitals. However, for many, there was no asylum-there was only jail or the street. How does our legal and mental health system handle the mentally disordered? In Law and the Disordered, George C. Klein presents a revealing survey that explores the system of processing prisoners and patients from arrest to admissions to court. In an investigation spanning over thirty years, Klein examines and evaluates the intersection of law, mental health, and social control. He additionally explores the condition of state level Department's of Mental Health and mental health legislation in an attempt to offer readers a complete picture of the system at work.

Book details

Book category Knihy po anglicky Law Laws of Specific jurisdictions Social law

• Full title: Law and the Disordered
• Author: George C Klein
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 410
• EAN: 9780761847328
• ISBN: 0761847324
• ID: 04379264
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Weight: 1046 g
• Dimensions: 186 × 263 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. February 2011

Trending among others

---

---

---