Neither Bad Nor Mad
The Competing Discourses of Psychiatry, Law and Politics
Deidre N. Greig
Number 20 in the Forensic Focus series
Paperback: £29.99 / $47.95
2002, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-006-5, BIC 2: JMK
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Preface. 1. Bad, Mad and Dangerous to Know. 2. 'A Macabre Dance to his Well-Known Tune': The Pathway of Resistance. 3. A Flurry of Activity: The Political Reaction to a Dangerous Person. 4. Bad or Mad? The Credibility of Psychiatry. 5. A Malleable Boundary and the Bridging Manoeuvres. 6. The Supreme Court: David versus Goliath. 7. The Social Audience and a Master Puppeteer: Representations, Images and the Media. 8. The Prism of Dangerousness. References. Index.
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