Assessing the Contribution of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill to Growth in the U.S. Incarceration Rate
Abstract We assess the degree to which the mentally ill who would have been in mental hospitals in years past have been transinstitutionalized to prisons and jails. We also assess the contribution of deinstitutionalization to growth in the U.S. prison population. We find no evidence of transinstitut...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of Legal Studies. - The University of Chicago Law School. - 42(2013), 1, Seite 187-222 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Journal of Legal Studies |
| Schlagworte: | Law Health sciences Social sciences Behavioral sciences |