Unequal justice? : what can happen when persons with retardation or other developmental disabilities encounter the criminal justice system

Date:

©1991.

Author:

Perske, Robert.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

KF 9223 P48 1991 LOCAL

Publisher:

Abingdon Press

ISBN:

0687429838

Abstract:

Presenting actual criminal issues and cases involving people with disabilities, this book calls for compassion in the face of a great, yet often overlooked, American problem.

Physical Description:

122 pages : 1 illustration ; 28 cm.

Notes:

Special Collections' copy is part of the M. Watt Espy Papers. LOCAL

Subjects:

Criminal justice, Administration of United States, Fair trial United States, Developmentally disabled Legal status, laws, etc. United States, Insanity (Law) United States, Persons with Mental Disabilities legislation & jurisprudence, Developmental Disabilities, Criminal Law organization & administration, Insanity Defense, Criminal justice, Administration of, Developmentally disabled Legal status, laws, etc, Fair trial, Insanity (Law), and Mentally handicapped Legal status, laws, etc. United States

Geographic Terms:

United States and United States