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1 online resource (397 pages) |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Mental health laws -- United States.
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People with mental disabilities -- Mental health services -- United States.
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People with mental disabilities -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parry, John Weston, 1948- Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] xi, 383 pages 9781442224049 (DLC) 2013020045 |
| ISBN |
9781442224049 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781442224056 (electronic bk.) |
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