Law and the Disordered

George C. Klein

doi:10.5771/9780761847342

Summary

In the 1970's, sociologists found that mentally disordered patients were routinely committed to state hospitals. By 2005, state hospital facilities had been emptied and, consequently, the patients for whom they cared for had been shuffled elsewhere by the system. Some of these patients were placed in private hospitals. However, for many, there was no asylum-there was only jail or the street. How does our legal and mental health system handle the mentally disordered? In Law and the Disordered, George C. Klein presents a revealing survey that explores the system of processing prisoners and patients from arrest to admissions to court. In an investigation spanning over thirty years, Klein examines and evaluates the intersection of law, mental health, and social control. He additionally explores the condition of state level Department's of Mental Health and mental health legislation in an attempt to offer readers a complete picture of the system at work.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-4733-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-4734-2
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 401
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface : The Politics of Mental Health No access
1. Chapter 1: Congeneric Analysis: On the Emergence of an "Accidental" Methodology No access
1. Chapter 2: The Mental Health Court: The Beginning No access
1. Chapter 3: Admissions: "I Don't Reject Anybody . . . I'm Protecting Myself" No access
2. Chapter 4: The Police: "How Do You Talk a Mentally I11 Person Out of Being Mentally Ill? " No access
1. Chapter 5: The Illinois Department of Mental Health: The Mental Health System? No access
2. Chapter 6: The Legislature and the Governor: Battling the Alligators No access
1. Chapter 7: Conclusions No access
Appendix: The Courts: A Dead End No access Pages 383 - 390
Index No access Pages 391 - 400
About the Author No access Pages 401 - 401