Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt /

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主要作者: Parry, John Weston, 1948-
格式: 電子 電子書
語言:英语
出版: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
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書本目錄:
  • 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.