Jan Nisbet, Nancy R. Weiss

Gebundenes Buch

Pain and Shock in America

Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities

Beschreibung

"This book is a historical case study of the Judge Rotenberg Center. It chronicles and analyzes the events and people that contributed to the inability of the state of Massachusetts to stop the use of electric shock and other severe forms of punishment on children and adults with disabilities"--

Autor

Jan Nisbet is professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, where she served for ten years as the senior vice provost for research. Before assuming that position, she was the founding director of the Institute on Disability and professor in the Department of Education. She has been principal investigator on many state- and nationally-funded projects related to children and adults with disabilities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brandeis University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9781684580743
• ISBN-10: 1684580749
• Artikelnr.: 61341654