Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / / John Weston Parry |
Autore | Parry John Weston <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4422-2405-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464935803321 |
Parry John Weston <1948-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / / John Weston Parry |
Autore | Parry John Weston <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [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 |
ISBN | 1-4422-2405-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789471703321 |
Parry John Weston <1948-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / / John Weston Parry |
Autore | Parry John Weston <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [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 |
ISBN | 1-4422-2405-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818413003321 |
Parry John Weston <1948-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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