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Criminal justice, Administration of United States Dangerously mentally ill United States Biography Family United States Fiction Mental health courts United States Mentally ill offenders Legal status, laws, etc United States Mentally ill offenders United States Biography Mentally ill offenders United States Fiction People with mental disabilities and crime United States Stewart, Rollen Violent offenders United States BiographyRoth, Alisa
Summary: An expose of the mental-health crisis in America's courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation's inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric problem, examines how inmates are denied treatment, and suggests a more humane approach.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ROTSummary: Presents the story of Rollen Stewart, also known as the Rainbow Man, who achieved notoriety in the late 1970s by appearing in the crowd at thousands of televised sporting events wearing a rainbow-colored afro wig and carrying signs encouraging the audience to be saved by Jesus Christ. Follows his obsession with attracting attention from the media, and his descent into violent behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Cinema DVD 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RAIKoontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray)
Summary: Martin Stillwater, successful mystery writer and loving father to his two daughters, senses the approach of a threatening and destructive presence. His enemy is a clone of himself, accidentally loosed upon Martin's family and other innocent citizens by a high-level conspiracy of power seekers. The clone's hunger for an identity, fed by countless movies viewed between assigned assassinations,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KOOLerner-Wren, Ginger
Summary: "The story of America's first Mental Health Court as told by its presiding judge, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren--from its inception in 1997 to its implementation in over 400 courts across the nation As a young lawyer, Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren bore witness to the consequences of an underdeveloped mental health care infrastructure. Unable to do more than offer guidance, she watched families being torn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018