A court of refuge : stories from the bench of America's first mental health court / Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren with Rebecca A. Eckland
- Author:
- Lerner-Wren, Ginger
- Published:
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
- Physical Description:
- xi, 192 pages ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Eckland, Rebecca A.
- Contents:
- A race for justice -- The shackles come off -- Punishing loss -- The raging voice of dignity -- Simple dreams -- I once was lost -- Therapeutic justice goes mainstream -- Brothers and sisters -- Changing hearts and minds -- A rush to privatization -- In honor of our elders -- The power of human connection -- A crying shame -- A referendum on hope -- Recovery is real.
- Subject(s):
- Lerner-Wren, Ginger
- Mental health courts—United States
- Mentally ill offenders—Legal status, laws, etc—United States
- People with mental disabilities and crime—United States
- Criminal justice, Administration of—United States
- LAW—Disability
- MEDICAL—Mental Health
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY—Lawyers & Judges
- Mentally Ill Persons
- Criminal Law
- Intellectual Disability
- Patient Advocacy
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Mental health courts
- Mentally ill offenders—Legal status, laws, etc
- People with mental disabilities and crime
- United States
- ISBN:
- 9780807086988 (hardcover)
0807086983 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-192).
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