Mental Disability, Violence and Future Dangerousness : Myths Behind the Presumption of Guilt by J. W. Parry.
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TextLanguage: Publication details: UK : Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.Description: 382 pISBN: - 9781442224049
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. Persons with Mental Disabilities and the American Legal System: A History of Discrimination, Abuse and Mistreatment
Chapter 2. Sanism and America’s Exaggerated Fear of Violence
Chapter 3. Sanist Words and Language in the American Legal System: Dangerousness, the Right to Treatment, and Civil versus Criminal
Chapter 4. Predictions of Dangerousness in the Courtroom: Unreliable, Inaccurate and Misleading
Chapter 5. Accusations Based on the Unknowable: Predictions of Dangerousness in Civil and Criminal Proceedings
Chapter 6. Dangerousness and The Unconscionable Failure to Provide Humane Care and Treatment To Persons With Serious Mental Disabilities
Chapter 7. Deemed Dangerous Due to a Mental Disability: An Extremely Suspect Classification
Chapter 8. A New System of State and Federal Laws and Public Health Approaches for Persons with Mental Disabilities Deemed to be Dangerous: Initial Recommendations
Bibliography
Index