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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / / John Weston Parry



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Autore: Parry John Weston <1948-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / / John Weston Parry Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [2013]
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
Disciplina: 303.6087/40973
Soggetto topico: Mental health laws - United States
People with mental disabilities - Mental health services - United States
People with mental disabilities - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography.
Sommario/riassunto: Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this book documents and explains how, when and why adults and children with mental disabilities-including those with sexual disorders- who are perceived to be a future danger to others, the community, or themselves have become the most stigmatized, abused, and mistreated group in America, and what should be done to correct the resulting injustices. The author identifies and analyzes the key factors that should be understood when lawyers, judges, mental health professionals, policymakers, legislators, advocates, forensic experts, professors and t
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ISBN: 1-4422-2405-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818413003321
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