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The mentally disordered inmate and the law / by Fred Cohen.

Title
The mentally disordered inmate and the law / by Fred Cohen.
Author
Cohen, Fred.
Publication
Kingston, NJ : Civic Research Institute, c1998.

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Civic Research Institute.
Description
1 v. (various pagings); 27 cm.
Subject
  • Criminal Law
  • Mental Disorders
  • Prisons
  • Prisoners > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Mentally Ill Persons > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Mentally ill prisoners > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Supplement (note)
  • Kept up to date by cumulative supplements and a trends and developments update.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : the boundaries of the problem -- Overview of legal issues -- The prison inmate's legal identity -- The right to treatment -- Intake screening/classification requirements -- Defining treatment -- Case law on treatment obligations -- Substance abuse programs and rehabilitation -- The treatment relationship -- Recordkeeping requirements -- Effect of isolation on mental disability -- Use of bodily restraints -- Disciplinary proceedings and mental illness -- Suicide -- Pretrial detainees -- Mentally retarded offenders -- Transfer of inmates for treatment -- Standards : legal issues and the mentally disordered inmate -- Landmark cases on inmate mental health care -- Residential treatment unit (RTU) for Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction -- Dunn v. Voinovich consent decree.
ISBN
1887554068
LCCN
^^^98072903^
OCLC
  • 40564369
  • SCSB-10233253
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Harvard Library