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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt
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- Creator
- John Weston Parry
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
- Physical Details
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- xi, 383 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1442224045, 1442224053, 9781442224049, 9781442224056
- OCLC
- ocn860710794, ocn850909297
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-367) and index.
- 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: "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 serious mental disabilities -- Deemed dangerous due to a mental disability 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
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- People with mental disabilities -- United States.
- Mental health laws -- United States.
- People with mental disabilities -- Mental health services -- United States.
- Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
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- Dangerous Behavior -- United States.
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- Mental Health -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
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- Patient Rights -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
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- Social Discrimination -- United States.
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- Stereotyping -- United States.
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