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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959275303321

Autore

Weinberg Darin

Titolo

Of others inside : insanity, addiction, and belonging in America / / Darin Weinberg ; foreword by Bryan S. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2005

ISBN

9786611094003

9781281094001

1281094005

9781592134052

159213405X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

362.2/0973

Soggetti

Mentally ill - United States - Social conditions

Addicts - United States - Social conditions

Homeless persons - Mental health - United States

Homeless persons - Mental health services - United States

Homelessness - United States

Marginality, Social - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.

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