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Prison Madness : The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It

Kupers, TerryToch, Hans(Foreword by)
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A Disturbing and Shocking Expose-A Passionate Cry for Reform Prison Madness exposes the brutality and failure of today's correctional system-for all prisoners-but especially the incredible conditions Andured by those suffering from serious mental disorders. "A passionately argued and brilliantly written wake-up call to America about the myriad ways our penal systems brutalize our entire culture.

Dr. Kupers not only diagnoses the problem, he also offers a set of solutions.

I hope this book will be read by all concerned citizens and voters, for it conveys truths that are vitally important to all of us." -James Gilligan, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic

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Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
0787943614 / 9780787943615
Hardback
22/01/1999
United States
English
336 pages
161 x 240 mm, 560 grams
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