Court-Ordered Insanity: Interpretive Practice and Involuntary Commitment (Social Problems & Social Issues)

Holstein, James A.

ISBN 10: 0202304493 / ISBN 13: 9780202304496

Published by Aldine De Gruyter, New York, 1993

About this Item

The book is inscribed by James Holstein in pen on the half title page. The inscription reads " To Bob, with my appreciation for all your help over the years. Jim 2/93". The book has some minor surface wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Court-Ordered Insanity: Interpretive Practice and Involuntary Commitment (Social Problems & Social Issues)
• Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0202304493
• ISBN 13: 9780202304496
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

This book analyzes how hearing participants construct and organize arguments that are legally, psychiatrically, and practically accountable. It argues that commitment decisions orient to the "tenability" of situations that patients pose as alternatives to hospitalization.

About the Author

James A. Holstein is Associate Professor of Sodology, Marquette University. His research brings an ethnomethodologically-informed constructionist perspective to a variety of topics, including mental illness, sodal problems, family, the life course, and dispute processing. Dr. Holstein is coeditor of the research annual, Perspectives on Social Problems, and coauthor (with J. Gubrium) of What Is Family? and Constructing the Life Course. In addition, he is coeditor (with Gale Miller) of Reconsidering Social Constructionism and Constructionist Controversies (both: Aldine de Gruyter, New York).