Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration

The Politics of Sanity
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2221-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill, frequently poor people of color? Via multiple re-framings of the question—theological, socioeconomic, and psychological— Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a "persecution of the prophetic" at the heart of the contemporary criminal justice system.
This interdisciplinary book draws on criminology, theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and psychiatric history to consider the increasingly intractable issue of mass incarceration. Inviting a new, collaborative conversation on penal reform as a fundamentally "life-affirming" project, it defends the dignity of those diagnosed as mentally unstable and their capacity for spiritual transcendence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skotnicki, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Overview of the Problem of Mental Illness and Incarceration
2. How We Think About the Mentally Ill
3. Why Do We Punish the Mentally Ill?
4. A Profile of the "Mad" Prophet
5. Prophetic Types and the Penal Sanctuary
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Skotnicki is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College.