Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

by Alisa Roth

Law Medicine

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Investigates how America's criminal justice system has become the default provider of mental health care and the consequences of this shift.

ISBN-13 9780465094196 ASIN 0465094198 Views 137 Publisher Basic Books Year 2018 Edition First Edition Format Hardcover Product Group Book Pages 320 Created March 10, 2026 Updated September 28, 2026

About This Book

Insane examines the intersection of mental health care and the criminal justice system in the United States.

The book explores how jails and prisons have become primary providers of mental health treatment.

It draws on reporting and research to highlight systemic challenges in current practices.

The work considers the broader social and policy implications of these trends.

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