Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author or editor of several books, including, Punishing the Mentally Ill: A Critical Analysis of Law and Psychiatry and (with Christopher R. Williams) Law, Psychology, and Justice: Chaos Theory and the New (Dis)order, both published by SUNY Press.

• Preface 1. The Critical Perspective in Law-Psychology Research: New Directions in Citizen Justice and Radical Social ChangeBruce A. Arrigo 2. Anarchic Insurgencies: The Mythos of Authority and the Violence of Mental HealthChristopher R. Williams 3. A Critical Perspective on Freud's Theory of Parricide and Crime in GeneralPhillip C. H. Shon 4. Media Images, Mental Health Law, and Justice: A Constitutive Response to the "Competency" of Theodore KacyznskiMichael P. Arena and Bruce A. Arrigo 5. The Diminishing Sanctity of Youth: Contributions from General and Family Systems TheoryJeffrey L. Helms and Bruce A. Arrigo 6. Recent Perspectives on Penal PunitivenessVéronique Voruz 7. Is Rationalization Good for the Soul? Resisting "Responsibilization" in Corrections and the CourtsShadd Maruna 8. Prospects for Justice at the Law-Psychology Divide: An Agenda for Theory, Research, and PracticeBruce A. Arrigo About the Contributors Index

Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author or editor of several books, including, Punishing the Mentally Ill: A Critical Analysis of Law and Psychiatry and (with Christopher R. Williams) Law, Psychology, and Justice: Chaos Theory and the New (Dis)order, both published by SUNY Press.

• Preface 1. The Critical Perspective in Law-Psychology Research: New Directions in Citizen Justice and Radical Social ChangeBruce A. Arrigo 2. Anarchic Insurgencies: The Mythos of Authority and the Violence of Mental HealthChristopher R. Williams 3. A Critical Perspective on Freud's Theory of Parricide and Crime in GeneralPhillip C. H. Shon 4. Media Images, Mental Health Law, and Justice: A Constitutive Response to the "Competency" of Theodore KacyznskiMichael P. Arena and Bruce A. Arrigo 5. The Diminishing Sanctity of Youth: Contributions from General and Family Systems TheoryJeffrey L. Helms and Bruce A. Arrigo 6. Recent Perspectives on Penal PunitivenessVéronique Voruz 7. Is Rationalization Good for the Soul? Resisting "Responsibilization" in Corrections and the CourtsShadd Maruna 8. Prospects for Justice at the Law-Psychology Divide: An Agenda for Theory, Research, and PracticeBruce A. Arrigo About the Contributors Index

Bruce A. Arrigo is Professor and Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author or editor of several books, including, Punishing the Mentally Ill: A Critical Analysis of Law and Psychiatry and (with Christopher R. Williams) Law, Psychology, and Justice: Chaos Theory and the New (Dis)order, both published by SUNY Press.

• Preface 1. The Critical Perspective in Law-Psychology Research: New Directions in Citizen Justice and Radical Social ChangeBruce A. Arrigo 2. Anarchic Insurgencies: The Mythos of Authority and the Violence of Mental HealthChristopher R. Williams 3. A Critical Perspective on Freud's Theory of Parricide and Crime in GeneralPhillip C. H. Shon 4. Media Images, Mental Health Law, and Justice: A Constitutive Response to the "Competency" of Theodore KacyznskiMichael P. Arena and Bruce A. Arrigo 5. The Diminishing Sanctity of Youth: Contributions from General and Family Systems TheoryJeffrey L. Helms and Bruce A. Arrigo 6. Recent Perspectives on Penal PunitivenessVéronique Voruz 7. Is Rationalization Good for the Soul? Resisting "Responsibilization" in Corrections and the CourtsShadd Maruna 8. Prospects for Justice at the Law-Psychology Divide: An Agenda for Theory, Research, and PracticeBruce A. Arrigo About the Contributors Index