Insane : America's criminal treatment of mental illness /

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Author / Creator:Roth, Alisa, author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York : Basic Books, 2018.
©2018
Description:vi, 312 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11453979
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ISBN:9780465094196
0465094198
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-304) and index.
Summary:An exposé of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.