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Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation's
jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many
experts point to the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in
the 1960s, which led to more patients living on their own, as the
reason for this high rate of incarceration. But this explanation
does not justify why our society has chosen to treat these people
with punitive measures.In ""Crime, Punishment, and Mental
Illness"", Patricia E. Erickson and Steven K. Erickson explore how
societal beliefs about free will and moral responsibility have
shaped current policies and they identify the differences among the
goals, ethos, and actions of the legal and health care systems.
Drawing on high-profile cases, the authors provide a critical
analysis of topics, including legal standards for competency,
insanity versus mental illness, sex offenders, psychologically
disturbed juveniles, the injury and death rates of mentally ill
prisoners due to the inappropriate use of force, the high level of
suicide, and the release of mentally ill individuals from jails and
prisons who have received little or no treatment.
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