The Blame Game
| Autor: | Andrea D. Lyon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | New Criminal Law Review. 21:247-266 |
| ISSN: | 1933-4206 1933-4192 |
| DOI: | 10.1525/nclr.2018.21.2.247 |
| Popis: | Although in recent years it has become a bit easier to discuss mental health challenges in public, mental illness is still somehow viewed by many in the public as a moral failing. It is that underlying judgement, that unwillingness to look at the many sources that leads to profound misunderstandings by the public, particularly in the context of a criminal trial. In this article I examine these issues in that context in order to better identify, and come to a better understanding of where our shared biases get in the way of a reasoned view of such evidence. The article examines some broad policy questions regarding what we, as a society, do with our mentally ill, and then looks at public perceptions and their impact on criminal justice decision making. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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