Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration: The Politics of Sanity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781529222210)

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.

Author: Andrew Skotnicki
ISBN-10: 1529222214
ISBN-13: 9781529222210
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2022
Pages: 182
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d