The insanity offense how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the origins of a disaster
- Death by the roadside
- Thirteen murders to prevent an earthquake
- "The odds are still in society's favor"
- The killing of three devils
- The sad legacy of Ms. Lessard
- God does not take medication
- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties : homeless, incarcerated, and victimized
- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties : violent and homicidal
- An imperative for change
- Fixing the system
- Coda : death by the roadside.
