Format:
1 Online-Ressource (336 p.)
ISBN:
9780520311503
,
0520311507
Series Statement:
UC Press voices revived
Content:
This eight-year study of an American city traces the answer to the question ""Who is retarded?"" by analyzing the labeling process in a large number of community agencies. Data for the study are drawn from a representative sample of 7,000 persons under fifty years of age who were tested ans screened for ""symptoms"" of mental retardation. The author finds that that schools label more persons as mentally retarded than any other agency and share their labels mor
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520358386
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mercer, Jane R Labeling the Mentally Retarded Berkeley : University of California Press,c2022 ISBN 9780520358386
Language:
English
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