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The hidden prejudice : mental disability on trial
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- Creator
- Michael L. Perlin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2000]
- ©2000
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xxv, 329 pages ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781557986160, 1557986169
- OCLC
- ocm41674392
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 1. Sanism and pretextuality. Setting the stage : why mental disability is on trial -- On sanism -- On pretextuality. 2. The sanist and pretextual roots of mental disability law. Involuntary civil commitment law -- The right to treatment -- The right to refuse treatment -- The right to sexual interaction -- The Americans with Disabilities Act -- The competence to plead guilty and the competence to waive counsel -- The insanity defense -- The federal sentencing guidelines. 3. Therapeutic jurisprudence : exposing sanism and pretextuality. Exposing the prejudice -- Unpacking mental disability law