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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.

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Introduction 1. Overview of the Problem of Mental Illness and Incarceration 2. How We Think About the Mentally Ill 3. Why Do We Punish the Mentally Ill? 4. A Profile of the "Mad" Prophet 5. Prophetic Types and the Penal Sanctuary Conclusion

Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 28 June 2022
      ISBN-13 9781529222210
      978-1529222210
      ISBN-10 1529222214
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      Psychiatry Crime and criminology Social welfare, social policy and social services

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. Overview of the Problem of Mental Illness and Incarceration 2. How We Think About the Mentally Ill 3. Why Do We Punish the Mentally Ill? 4. A Profile of the "Mad" Prophet 5. Prophetic Types and the Penal Sanctuary Conclusion

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