NCJ Number
35524
Editor(s)
M KINDRED,
J COHEN,
D PENROD,
T SHAFFER
Date Published
1976
Length
767 pages
Annotation
LAWYERS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, MENTAL RETARDATION PROFESSIONALS, AND EDUCATORS CONTRIBUTED 22 ARTICLES (EACH ONE ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR MORE REACTION PAPERS) ON THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS.
Abstract
MAJOR SECTIONS DEAL WITH THE PERSONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS; THE RIGHTS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS WITHIN COMMUNITY SYSTEMS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND THE RIGHTS OF MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS; AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZEN AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS. ALL THREE CHAPTERS OF THE FINAL SECTION ARE ABSTRACTED INDIVIDUALLY. THEY INCLUDE THE CRIMINAL REFORM MOVEMENT (NCJ-35525), CORRECTIONS (NCJ-35526), AND SPECIAL DOCTRINAL TREATMENT IN CRIMINAL LAW (NCJ-35527). AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.