Neither Bad Nor Mad : The Competing Discourses of Psychiatry, Law and Politics.
Title:
Neither Bad Nor Mad : The Competing Discourses of Psychiatry, Law and Politics.
Author:
Greig, Deidre.
ISBN:
9781846423307
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Series:
Forensic Focus
Contents:
Pages:1 to 25 -- Pages:26 to 50 -- Pages:51 to 75 -- Pages:76 to 100 -- Pages:101 to 125 -- Pages:126 to 150 -- Pages:151 to 175 -- Pages:176 to 200 -- Pages:201 to 225 -- Pages:226 to 250 -- Pages:251 to 275 -- Pages:276 to 290.
Abstract:
This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness or criminality.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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