Criminalizing Addiction and Mental Illness: A Case Study
October 5, 2015 by Kim Whiting
Filed Under: U.S. Tagged With: addiction, bruce alexander, criminalization of mental illness, criminalizing addiction, criminalizing mental illness, incarceration, kim whiting, life sentence, mental illness, prison, prison reform, rat park, social reform
About Kim Whiting
Kim Whiting, MA, MBA, was formerly a psychotherapist specializing in youth and survivors of abuse. She has published an award-winning print and online magazine for and by teenage girls and coauthored the memoir Life Sentence, Life Purpose (4.5 star rating on Amazon) with a life sentence inmate. She now works with former criminals/gang leaders to create media that inspires ideas for social reform and prison reform and supports at-risk and incarcerated populations in making the transition to a legit life; healing, self-forgiveness, forgiveness, self-value and the belief that they are capable and worthy of having a happy, fulfilling, positively contributing life. www.streetlifetostraightlife.com
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