Of others inside : insanity, addiction, and belonging in America / Darin Weinberg ; foreword by Bryan S. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinberg, Darin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill--United States--Social conditions.

Mentally ill.

Addicts--United States--Social conditions.

Addicts.

Homeless persons--Mental health--United States.

Homeless persons.

Homeless persons--Mental health services--United States.

Homelessness--United States.

Homelessness.

Marginality, Social--United States.

Marginality, Social.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is little doubt among scientists and the general public that homelessness, mental illness, and addiction are inter-related. In Of Others Inside, Darin Weinberg examines how these inter-relations have taken form in the United States. He links the establishment of these connections to the movement of mental health and addiction treatment from redemptive processes to punitive ones and back again, and explores the connection between social welfare, rehabilitation, and the criminal justice system. Seeking to offer a new sociological understanding of the relationship betwee

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Bryan S. Turner; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Beyond Objectivism and Subjectivismin the Sociology of Mental Health; Part I: A History of Insanities and Addictions Among Marginalized Americans; 2 Setting the Stage; 3 Addictions and Insanities: Two Fields and Their Phenomena; II A Tale of Two Programs; 4 Canyon House; 5 Twilights; 6 Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786611094003

9781281094001

1281094005

9781592134052

159213405X

OCLC:

476074969