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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450822203321

Autore

Weinberg Darin

Titolo

Of Others Inside [[electronic resource] ] : Insanity, Addiction And Belonging in America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-09400-5

9786611094003

1-59213-405-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

305.568

362.2/0973

362.20973

Soggetti

Addicts

Addicts - United States - Social conditions

Homeless persons - Mental health - United States

Homeless persons - Mental health services - United States

Homeless persons

Homelessness

Homelessness - United States

Marginality, Social

Marginality, Social - United States

Mentally ill - United States - Social conditions

Mentally ill

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by Bryan S. Turner; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Beyond Objectivism and Subjectivismin the Sociology of Mental Health; Part I: A History of Insanities and Addictions Among Marginalized Americans; 2 Setting the Stage; 3 Addictions and Insanities: Two Fields and Their Phenomena; II A Tale of Two Programs; 4 Canyon House; 5 Twilights; 6 Conclusion; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

There is little doubt among scientists and the general public that homelessness, mental illness, and addiction are inter-related. In Of Others Inside, Darin Weinberg examines how these inter-relations have taken form in the United States. He links the establishment of these connections to the movement of mental health and addiction treatment from redemptive processes to punitive ones and back again, and explores the connection between social welfare, rehabilitation, and the criminal justice system. Seeking to offer a new sociological understanding of the relationship betwee