Homelessness and Commitment The Cases of Joyce Brown (a/k/a Billie Boggs)

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Homelessness.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1988

Summary:

Discusses precedent-setting New York involuntary commitment cases which highlight the dilemma of striking a balance between the individual rights and liberties of the homeless and a State's right to hospitalize mentally ill persons at risk of harming themselves or others

Notes:

CRS Report

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Homelessness and Commitment: The Cases of Joyce Brown (a/k/a Billie Boggs)

Publisher Number:

CRS-1988-AML-0014

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