Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration : : The Politics of Sanity / / Andrew Skotnicki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Skotnicki, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Overview of the Problem of Mental Illness and Incarceration --; How We Think about the Mentally Ill --; Why Do We Punish the Mentally Ill? --; A Profile of the “Mad” Prophet --; Prophetic Types and the Penal Sanctuary --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781529222241; 9783111196770
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andrew Skotnicki.

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.