Is there a relationship between mental illness and violence? Are the
mentally ill being "criminalized?" How should the law, the mental
health system, and communities respond? What happens to people
found "not guilty by reason of insanity?" This course focuses on the
chronically mentally ill, how the mental health and criminal justice
systems deal with them, and their movement between the streets,
prisons, and psychiatric centers.

Readings may include :



Rhodes, Richard. Why They Kill
Kirwin, Barbara. The Mad, the Bad & the Innocent
Seager, Stephen B., M.D. Street Crazy

In addition, several required readings are available online or
through retrieval services at the Indiana University Library.

Class meeting: Tuesday, 2:30 – 5:00 p.m., SY 200

Instructor: Professor Mary Lee Luskin, Criminal Justice Department