{"product_id":"psychiatric-justice-paperback","title":"Psychiatric Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsychiatric Justice\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intersection of psychiatry and law, arguing that pretrial psychiatric examinations and subsequent hospitalizations often undermine justice rather than serve it. The book presents four case histories to illustrate this point, challenging both legal and medical professionals to reconsider their approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSzasz troubles the dark, still waters of psychiatry and the law. He peeps beneath the crazy quilt of federal and state procedures which render impotent the constitutional right to a speedy and public trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Szasz \u003c\/b\u003ewas professor emeritus of psychiatry at the State University of New York's Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. His books include \u003ci\u003eLaw, Liberty, and Psychiatry, The Manufacture of Madness, Ideology and Insanity, Ceremonial Chemistry, The Myth of Psychotherapy, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Pharmacracy, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by Syracuse University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.22 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458478235955,"sku":"9780815602316","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/LIZ4iWAIIW9780815602316.webp?v=1781285000","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/psychiatric-justice-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}