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Mentally Disordered Offenders
. Ed(S): Monahan, John; Steadman, Henry J.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Monahan, John; Steadman, Henry J. Series: Perspectives in Law and Psychology. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1390.
In its narrowest sense, "mentally disordered offender" refers to the approximately twenty thousand persons per year in the United States who are institutionalized as not guilty by reason of insanity, incompetent to stand trial, and mentally disordered sex offenders, as well as those prisoners transferred to mental hospitals. The real importance of mentally disordered offenders, however, may not lie in this figure. Rather, it may reside in the symbolic role that mentally disordered offenders play for the rest of the legal system. The 3,140 persons residing in state institutions on an average day in 1978 as not guilty by reason ... Read more
In its narrowest sense, "mentally disordered offender" refers to the approximately twenty thousand persons per year in the United States who are institutionalized as not guilty by reason of insanity, incompetent to stand trial, and mentally disordered sex offenders, as well as those prisoners transferred to mental hospitals. The real importance of mentally disordered offenders, however, may not lie in this figure. Rather, it may reside in the symbolic role that mentally disordered offenders play for the rest of the legal system. The 3,140 persons residing in state institutions on an average day in 1978 as not guilty by reason ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Perspectives in Law and Psychology
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306411519
SKU
V9780306411519
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