Public and professional constructions of mental retardation: Glen Ridge and the missing narrative of disability rights

Mental Retardation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 436-451

  Biklen, Douglas ^a   Schein, Philip Lambert ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RAPE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; NEW JERSEY; PUBLIC OPINION; RAPE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0040160338     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2001)039<0436:PAPCOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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