Crazy in America : the hidden tragedy of our criminalized mentally ill /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pfeiffer, Mary Beth.
Edition:	1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Imprint:	New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007.
Description:	xvii, 280 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mentally ill offenders -- United States. Mentally ill offenders -- Services for -- United States. Mental health services -- United States. Mentally Ill Persons -- United States. Prisoners -- psychology -- United States. Mentally ill offenders. Mentally ill offenders -- Services for. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7532219

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ISBN:	0786717459 (pbk.) 9780786717453 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Preface. A national scandal
Acknowledgment
pt. 1. Shayne
1. The eyes of an Indian princess
2. Creature of the institution
3. Bedlam in Iowa
pt. 2. Luke
4. Fear and ecstasy
5. Ten days
6. Crazy in Texas
pt. 3. Alan and Peter
7. An uncommon fury
8. Out of control
9. Excusable deaths in Florida
Epilogue for part three
pt. 4. Jessica
10. There ought to be a place
11. The box
12. New York : a system overwhelmed
Epilogue for part four
pt. 5. Joseph
13. Child of the streets
14. Lockdown
15. Scandal in California
Epilogue for part five
Afterword. A prescription
Appendix. Top ten list to keep people with mental illness out of the criminal justice system.

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