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The insanity offense : how America's failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens / E. Fuller Torrey.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393066586 (hardcover)
  • 0393066584 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC443 .T67
Contents:
Introduction: the origins of a disaster -- Death by the roadside -- Thirteen murders to prevent an earthquake -- "The odds are still in society's favor" -- The killing of three devils -- The sad legacy of Ms. Lessard -- God does not take medication -- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties: homeless, incarcerated, and victimized -- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties: violent and homicidal -- An imperative for change -- Fixing the system -- Coda: death by the roadside.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: the origins of a disaster -- Death by the roadside -- Thirteen murders to prevent an earthquake -- "The odds are still in society's favor" -- The killing of three devils -- The sad legacy of Ms. Lessard -- God does not take medication -- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties: homeless, incarcerated, and victimized -- The consequences of unconstrained civil liberties: violent and homicidal -- An imperative for change -- Fixing the system -- Coda: death by the roadside.

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