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Injustice and prophecy in the age of mass incarceration : the politics of sanity / Andrew Skotnicki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skotnicki, Andrew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imprisonment--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Imprisonment.
- Mental illness--Treatment--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Mental illness.
- People with mental disabilities--Public opinion.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Mentally ill prisoners--United States.
- Mentally ill prisoners.
- Mentally ill prisoners--Great Britain.
- Prophets.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 177 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2022
- Contents:
- Overview of the problem of mental illness and incarceration
- How we think about the mentally ill
- Why do we punish the mentally ill?
- A profile of the "mad" prophet
- Prophetic types and the penal sanctuary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781529222241 (electronic bk.)
- 1529222249 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90104575826
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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