One of the most significant medical and social initiatives of the twentieth century was the demolition of the traditional state hospitals that housed most of th

The author is a social worker who writes with experience, authority, and compassion about what really happened when thousands of mental patients were discharged

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration Prison abolition and

This international collection of personal and professional perspectives takes a fresh look at deinstitutionalization. It addresses the key steps towards deinsti

Both the scope and effects of deinstitutionalization have been dramatic. This volume examines both positive and negative effects of this mass movement of person