Books by David J. Rothman

The Willowbrook Wars is a dramatic and illuminating account of the effort to close down a scandal-ridden institution and return its 5,400 handicapped residents to communities in New York

This is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts

David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today

Here, Rothman explores the origins and consequences of the programmes that have dominated criminal justice, juvenile justice and mental health in the past century. He also casts new light on the modern effort to reform the asylum and devise alternatives to it.

This is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts

Conscience and Convenience was quickly recognized for its masterly depiction and interpretation of a major period of reform history

The Willowbrook Wars is a dramatic and illuminating account of the effort to close down a scandal-ridden institution and return its 5,400 handicapped residents to communities in New York

David Rothman gives us a brilliant, finely etched study of medical practice today