Who Qualifies for Rights? : Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Civil Commitment

Who Qualifies for Rights? : Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Civil Commitment / Judith Lynn Failer.

When does a person become disqualified for some or all of the rights associated with full citizenship? Who does qualify for rights? When mental health workers took Joyce Brown from her "home" on a New York City sidewalk and hospitalized her against her will, she defended herself by asserti...

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Main Author: Failer, Judith Lynn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Homeless persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.
Homeless persons > Legal status, laws, etc.
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. The Civil Commitment of Joyce Brown
  • CHAPTER 2. The Theory behind Civil Commitment
  • CHAPTER 3. Legal Status and Civil Commitment
  • CHAPTER 4. The History of Commitment Law in the United States
  • CHAPTER 5. The Practice of Civil Commitment
  • CHAPTER 6. To Qualify Rights in Civil Commitment
  • CONCLUSION. Who Qualifies for Rights?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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