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A Prescription for Dignity

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Rethinking Criminal Justice and Mental Disability Law

A Prescription for Dignity

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A Prescription for Dignity book

Rethinking Criminal Justice and Mental Disability Law
ByMichael L. Perlin
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 16 March 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565095
Pages 256 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315565095
SubjectsBehavioral Sciences, Law, Social Sciences
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Perlin, M. (2013). A Prescription for Dignity. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565095

Examining the treatment of persons with mental disabilities in the criminal justice system, this book offers new perspectives that are crucial to an understanding of the ways in which society projects onto criminal defendants prejudices and attitudes about responsibility, free will, autonomy, choice, public safety, and the meaning and purpose of punishment, all with a focus on ways to enhance dignity in the criminal trial process. It is a detailed exploration of issues of adequacy of counsel; the impact of international human rights law, following the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the role of mental health courts; and the influence of therapeutic jurisprudence, procedural justice, and restorative justice on the legal process. It considers all of these perspectives in the context of criminal justice system issues such as competency findings, the insanity defense, and sentencing. Demonstrating how the question of treatment of persons with mental disabilities in the criminal justice system is not only a vital one for both scholars and practitioners, but also a central facet of international human rights law, this book suggests policy development, further scholarly inquiries, and newly invigorated thinking and action to place dignity at the core of the criminal justice system.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I The Four Factors

chapter 2|20 pages

The Four Factors: Sanism, Pretextuality, Heuristics and “Ordinary Common Sense”

part |2 pages

Part II The Five Perspectives

chapter 3|14 pages

Counsel

chapter 4|12 pages

International Human Rights Law

chapter 5|16 pages

Mental Health Courts

chapter 6|20 pages

Alternative Jurisprudences

chapter 7|8 pages

Contextualizing Dignity

part |2 pages

Part III The Substantive Areas

chapter 8|56 pages

Competencies

chapter 9|28 pages

The Insanity Defense

chapter 10|24 pages

Sentencing

chapter 11|24 pages

Conclusion

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