Punishing The Mentally Ill : A Critical

State University of New York Press

Punishing the Mentally IllA Critical Analysis of Law and Psychiatry\nAuthor(s): Bruce A. Arrigo, George B. Palermo, Michael L. Perlin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9780791454046, 978-0791454046\nSynopsis\nA provocative exploration of a wide range of controversies in mental health law, this book argues that the criminal justice system punishes citizens for being mentally ill.\n\nA powerful, sophisticated, and original critique on how the disciplines of law and psychiatry behave and on how the mental health and justice systems operate, Punishing the Mentally Ill reveals where, how, and why the identity and humanity of persons with psychiatric disorders are consciously and unconsciously denied. Author Bruce A. Arrigo contends that despite periodic and well-intentioned efforts at reform, the current law-psychiatry system functions to punish the mentally ill for being different. The b.