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Recasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Anne Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals and mental health policy making. In doing so, she offers insight into how the prison took the place of the asylum, shaping the rise of the prison industrial complex.

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      Publisher: MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina
      Publication Date: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781469669472, 978-1469669472
      ISBN10: 1469669471
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      Book Synopsis
      Recasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Anne Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals and mental health policy making. In doing so, she offers insight into how the prison took the place of the asylum, shaping the rise of the prison industrial complex.

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