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Insane (America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness) - 9781541646476
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Product Details
Author:
Alisa Roth
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Basic Books (June 9, 2020)
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781541646476
ISBN-10:
1541646479
Case Pack:
20
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Folder:
hbgusa
List Price:
$19.99
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$15.39
Publisher Identifier:
P-HACH
Discount Code:
A
Weight:
10.72oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Audience:
General/trade
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
Basic Books
Overview
An urgent exposé of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons
America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people in America's jails and prisons have a psychiatric disorder. One in four fatal police shootings involves a person with such disorders.
In this revelatory book, journalist Alisa Roth goes deep inside the criminal justice system to show how and why it has become a warehouse where inmates are denied proper treatment, abused, and punished in ways that make them sicker.
Through intimate stories of people in the system and those trying to fix it, Roth reveals the hidden forces behind this crisis and suggests how a fairer and more humane approach might look. Insane is a galvanizing wake-up call for criminal justice reformers and anyone concerned about the plight of our most vulnerable.








