John Weston Parry

Mental Disability, Violence, and Future Dangerousness

Myths Behind the Presumption of Guilt

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Produktbeschreibung

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 stig...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9781442224049
• ISBN-10: 1442224045
• Artikelnr.: 38082593

Autorenporträt

By John Weston Parry

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1: Persons with Mental Disabilities and the American
Legal System: A History of Discrimination, Abuse and Mistreatment 2: Sanism
and America's Exaggerated Fear of Violence 3: Sanist Words and Language in
the American Legal System: "Dangerousness," "The Right to Treatment" and
"Civil" Versus "Criminal" 4: Predictions of Dangerousness in the Courtroom:
Unreliable, Inaccurate and Misleading 5: Accusations Based on the
Unknowable: Predictions of Dangerousness in Civil and Criminal Proceedings
6: Dangerousness and The Unconscionable Failure to Provide Humane Care and
Treatment To Persons With Mental Disabilities 7: An Extremely Suspect
Classification 8: A New System of State and Federal Laws and Public Health
Approaches for Persons with Mental Disabilities Deemed to Be Dangerous:
Initial Recommendations Bibliography