Download Back to the Asylum: The Future of Mental Health Law and Policy in the United States Pdf

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Release: 1992-06-18
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195055209
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Today, American mental health law and policy promote the restoring of "law and order" in the community rather than protecting civil liberties for the individual. This compelling book recounts how and why mental health law is being reshaped to safeguard society rather than mentally ill citizens. The authors, both experts in the field, convincingly demonstrate how rapidly changing American values ignited two very different visions of justice for the mentally ill. They argue that during the "Liberal era"-- from 1960 to 1980-- Americans staunchly supported civil liberties for all, particularly for disadvantaged citizens like the mentally ill. Also, criminal law provided ample opportunities for mentally ill offenders to avoid criminal punishment for their crimes, and restrictive civil commitment laws made it difficult to hospitalize the mentally disabled against their will. During the "Neoconservative era"--from 1980 on-- however, the public demanded new laws as a result of the rise in crim Download Back to the Asylum for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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