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- ↑ California State Legislature, Rep. Jerome Waldie, 1967. “The Dilemma of Mental Commitments in California”. See also Bardach, Eugene. 1972. The Skill Factor in Politics: Reforming the California Mental Health Law. U. of California Press. For a summary, see pp. 201-202 in the 1999 edition of Being Mentally Ill. Scheff was commissioned by the Wisconsin Legislature to do a study of mental hospitals, but his findings were rejected. However, Waldie’s committee, counseled by Arthur Bolton, replicated Scheff’s study in California, forming the groundwork for the new law.
- ↑ "Pacificsoc.org: Past Officers & Editors". Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ↑ Goffman Unbound!: A New Paradigm for Social Science (1st ed.). Routledge. 2006-09-17. ISBN 9781594511967.
- ↑ Toward a Sociological Imagination: Bridging Specialized Fields. UPA. 2002-07-09. ISBN 9780761823421.
- ↑ Scheff, Thomas J. (1975-01-01). Labeling madness . Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780135173596.
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- ↑ Scheff, Thomas J. (1970-01-01). Being Mentally Ill: A Sociological Theory. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9780202364308.
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