WHAT RULE - WHAT ROLE - REACTING TO POLIER'S RULE OF LAW AND ROLE OF PSYCHIATRY

• NCJ Number: 3262
• Journal: UCLA Law Review Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Dated: (JUNE 1970) Pages: 1333-1344
• Author(s): J L TAPP
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: UCLA
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BOOK REVIEW EXPRESSES POLIER'S ANGER IN A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT REHABILITATE, BUT PUNISHES THE DEVIANT, THE MENTALLY ILL, THE NEGLECTED, AND THE POOR.

Abstract

JUDGE POLIER SUGGESTS THAT IT IS THE MUTUAL TASK OF LAW AND THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TO END THE EXILE OF THESE GROUPS FROM SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS, AND URGES A REEXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF PSYCHIATRY TO LAW IN LIGHT OF A RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIETY.