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Crazy in America : the hidden tragedy of our criminalized mentally ill / Mary Beth Pfeiffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pfeiffer, Mary Beth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mentally ill offenders--United States.
- Mentally ill offenders.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Carroll and Graf edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007.
- Summary:
- "Crazy in America" shows how people suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, and other serious psychological illnesses are regularly incarcerated because alternative care is not available. Once behind bars, they are frequently punished again for behavior that is psychotic, not criminal. A compelling and important examination of a shocking human rights abuse in our midst, "Crazy in America" is an indictment of a society that incarcerates its weakest and most vulnerable citizens - causing them to emerge sicker and more damaged.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0786717459
- 9780786717453
- OCLC:
- 124047146
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