Mental Disability Violence and Future Dangerousness

Using a multi-disciplinary approach this book documents and explains how when and why adults and children with mental disabilities—including those with sexual disorders— who are perceived to be a future danger to others the community or themselves have become the most stigmatized abused and mistreated group in America and what should be done to correct the resulting injustices. The author identifies and analyzes the key factors that should be understood when lawyers judges mental health professionals policymakers legislators advocates forensic experts professors and their students consider the legal treatment and policy decisions that affect this highly stigmatized group of people.