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The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012
by Julie Etter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2012, page 30
The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition, by Fred Co-hen (Civil Research Institute, 2008). 1,114 pages, $237.50; and Practical Guide to Correctional Mental Health and the Law, by Fred Cohen (Civil Research Institute, 2011). 788 pages, $149.50
Filed under:
Commentary/Reviews,
Reviews,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
United States of America.
Book review by Julia Etter
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