Injustice and prophecy in the age of mass incarceration: the politics of sanity
Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill? Via multiple re-framings of the question - theological, socioeconomic, and psychological - Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a 'persecution of the prophetic' at the heart of the contemporary penal system and society more broadl...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Bristol, UK
Bristol University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mental Illness
Treatment
Moral and ethical aspects
B Mental illness - Treatment - Moral and ethical aspects B Mentally ill prisoners (Great Britain) B Great Britain B People with mental disabilities - Public opinion B People with mental disabilities Public opinion B United States B Prophets B Imprisonment - Religious aspects - Christianity B Mentally ill prisoners B Mentally ill prisoners (United States) B Imprisonment Religious aspects Christianity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill? Via multiple re-framings of the question - theological, socioeconomic, and psychological - Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a 'persecution of the prophetic' at the heart of the contemporary penal system and society more broadly. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Oct 2022) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (iii, 177 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5292-2224-1 978-1-5292-2221-0 |
