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From asylum to prison : deinstitutionalization and the rise of mass incarceration after 1945, Anne E. Parsons
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- Summary
- "Prisons and asylums developed in parallel in the United States as institutions dedicated to the quarantine, detention, and punishment of the socially marginal. A widely accepted popular narrative holds that deinstitutionalization from the 1950s to the 1990s diminished the role of asylums in America. Yet, as Anne E. Parsons reveals, the asylum did not die--in fact, many of its structures have been transformed into prisons, just as prisons have shifted to locking up those who in an earlier era would have been sent to an asylum"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469640631
- Label
- From asylum to prison : deinstitutionalization and the rise of mass incarceration after 1945
- Title
- From asylum to prison
- Title remainder
- deinstitutionalization and the rise of mass incarceration after 1945
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne E. Parsons
- Subject
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- Commitment of Mentally Ill -- history
- Detention of persons
- Detention of persons -- United States
- History
- History, 20th Century
- Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history
- Imprisonment
- Imprisonment -- United States -- History
- Institutionalization -- history
- Marginality, Social
- Marginality, Social -- United States
- Medicine in the Arts
- Mental health services -- history
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States
- Mentally ill offenders
- Mentally ill offenders -- United States
- People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc
- People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Prisons
- Prisons -- History
- Prisons -- United States -- History
- Socioeconomic Factors -- history
- United States
- United States
- Asylums
- Asylums -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Prisons and asylums developed in parallel in the United States as institutions dedicated to the quarantine, detention, and punishment of the socially marginal. A widely accepted popular narrative holds that deinstitutionalization from the 1950s to the 1990s diminished the role of asylums in America. Yet, as Anne E. Parsons reveals, the asylum did not die--in fact, many of its structures have been transformed into prisons, just as prisons have shifted to locking up those who in an earlier era would have been sent to an asylum"--
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- Parsons, Anne E
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Justice, power, and politics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mentally ill
- Mentally ill offenders
- People with disabilities
- Detention of persons
- Asylums
- Imprisonment
- Prisons
- Marginality, Social
- Asylums
- Detention of persons
- Imprisonment
- Marginality, Social
- Mentally ill
- Mentally ill offenders
- People with disabilities
- Prisons
- United States
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Institutionalization
- Prisons
- Mental health services
- Socioeconomic Factors
- History, 20th Century
- Medicine in the Arts
- United States
- Label
- From asylum to prison : deinstitutionalization and the rise of mass incarceration after 1945, Anne E. Parsons
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-208) and index
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469640631
- Lccn
- 2018008646
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028583418
- Label
- From asylum to prison : deinstitutionalization and the rise of mass incarceration after 1945, Anne E. Parsons
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-208) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469640631
- Lccn
- 2018008646
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028583418
Subject
- Commitment of Mentally Ill -- history
- Detention of persons
- Detention of persons -- United States
- History
- History, 20th Century
- Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history
- Imprisonment
- Imprisonment -- United States -- History
- Institutionalization -- history
- Marginality, Social
- Marginality, Social -- United States
- Medicine in the Arts
- Mental health services -- history
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States
- Mentally ill offenders
- Mentally ill offenders -- United States
- People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc
- People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Prisons
- Prisons -- History
- Prisons -- United States -- History
- Socioeconomic Factors -- history
- United States
- United States
- Asylums
- Asylums -- United States -- History
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