Mad or Bad? : Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Disorder in the Criminal Justice System.

By:

Thompson, Melissa

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781593325565
1593325568

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

364.080973

LOC classification:

HV9950

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Contents:

The mental health and criminal justice systems as agents of social control -- The study of race, class, gender, mental illness, and crime -- Data sources and methodology -- Institutional social control: causes and effects -- Mental health treatment among sentenced offenders -- Conclusion.

Summary: Thompson explores the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as "mad" and male offenders as "bad," this research do not support this perspective. Instead, major findings include strong and consistent evidence that African American defendants are less likely to receive psychiatric evaluations to determine mental status at the time of the offense. This implies that criminal justice officials have racial perceptions about the causes of crime; consequently, Af.

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Thompson explores the process through which criminal responsibility is constructed and reproduced on the basis of race and gender. While feminist literature points to constructions of female offenders as "mad" and male offenders as "bad," this research do not support this perspective. Instead, major findings include strong and consistent evidence that African American defendants are less likely to receive psychiatric evaluations to determine mental status at the time of the offense. This implies that criminal justice officials have racial perceptions about the causes of crime; consequently, Af.