| Description |
1 online resource (iii, 177 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Overview of the problem of mental illness and incarceration -- How we think about the mentally ill -- Why do we punish the mentally ill? -- A profile of the "mad" prophet -- Prophetic types and the penal sanctuary |
| Summary |
"Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill, frequently poor people of color? Via multiple reframings of the question--theological, socioeconomic, and psychological--Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a 'persecution of the prophetic' at the heart of the contemporary criminal justice system. This interdisciplinary book draws on criminology, theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and psychiatric history to consider the increasingly intractable issue of mass incarceration. Inviting a new, collaborative conversation on penal reform as a fundamentally 'life-affirming' project, it defends the dignity of those diagnosed as mentally unstable and their capacity for spiritual transcendence." -- Publisher, page four of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-167) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (EBSCO, viewed November 8, 2023) |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Mental illness -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects
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People with mental disabilities -- Public opinion
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Mentally ill prisoners -- United States
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Mentally ill prisoners -- Great Britain
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Prophets.
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Imprisonment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Mental illness -- Treatment -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Mentally ill prisoners
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People with mental disabilities -- Public opinion
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Prophets
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781529222241 |
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1529222249 |
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9781529222234 |
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1529222230 |
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