How Long to Read From Asylum to Prison

How Long Does it Take to Read From Asylum to Prison?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read From Asylum to Prison by Anne E. Parsons

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

To many, asylums are a relic of a bygone era. State governments took steps between 1950 and 1990 to minimize the involuntary confinement of people in psychiatric hospitals, and many mental health facilities closed down. Yet, as Anne Parsons reveals, the asylum did not die during deinstitutionalization. Instead, it returned in the modern prison industrial complex as the government shifted to a more punitive, institutional approach to social deviance. Focusing on Pennsylvania, the state that ran one of the largest mental health systems in the country, Parsons tracks how the lack of community-based services, a fear-based politics around mental illness, and the economics of institutions meant that closing mental hospitals fed a cycle of incarceration that became an epidemic. This groundbreaking book recasts the political narrative of the late twentieth century, as Parsons charts how the politics of mass incarceration shaped the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals and mental health policy making. In doing so, she offers critical insight into how the prison took the place of the asylum in crucial ways, shaping the rise of the prison industrial complex.

How long is From Asylum to Prison?

From Asylum to Prison by Anne E. Parsons is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read From Asylum to Prison Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read From Asylum to Prison aloud.

What Reading Level is From Asylum to Prison?

From Asylum to Prison is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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