Court-Ordered Insanity by James A Holstein
This book analyzes how hearing participants construct and organize arguments that are legally, psychiatrically, and practically accountable. It argues that commitment decisions orient to the tenability of situations that patients pose as alternatives to hospitalization.-
Punishment and Social Control
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Making Trouble
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The Family at Risk
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Sexual Conduct
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Weighty Issues
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Interpreting Weight
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Hate Crimes
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Courting Disaster
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Creating Fear
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Becoming Miracle Workers
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The Fight Against Big Tobacco
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Abortion, Motherhood and Mental Health
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Thinking About Social Problems
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Framing the Victim
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Social Movement Organizations
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Corrupt Exchanges
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Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research
James A. Holstein is Associate Professor of Sodology, Marquette University. His research brings an ethnomethodologically-informed constructionist perspective to a variety of topics, including mental illness, sodal problems, family, the life course, and dispute processing. Dr. Holstein is coeditor of the research annual, Perspectives on Social Problems, and coauthor (with J. Gubrium) of What Is Family? and Constructing the Life Course. In addition, he is coeditor (with Gale Miller) of Reconsidering Social Constructionism and Constructionist Controversies (both: Aldine de Gruyter, New York).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780202304496 |
| ISBN 10 | 0202304493 |
| Title | Court-Ordered Insanity |
| Author | James A Holstein |
| Series | Social Problems And Social Issues Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Aldine Transaction |
| Year published | 1993-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 223 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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