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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]

1 online resource (397 pages)

ISBN 9781442224056 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781442224049 (cloth : alk. paper)

Print version: Parry, John Weston, 1948- Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013] xi, 383 pages ISBN 9781442224049

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America’s exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography.

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(OCoLC)860710794