ISBN: 9780801439995 - who qualifies for rights?: homelessness, mental illness, and civil commitment (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2002. First edition. First printing, with full number line to 1. Quarter black cloth over black paper-covered boards; spine lettered in gilt. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. No publisher's price on jacket, as customary with this university press. 8vo. 200 pp., with notes, bibliography, and index. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. The author examines homelessness, mental illness, civil commitment, and the legal and political question of who is recognized as possessing enforceable rights within American society. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. 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.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 asserting her rights: to live where she wanted, to speak to the press to deride the city's policy, and to refuse unwanted psychiatric treatment. In theory, as a United States citizen, Brown possessed rights protecting her from governmental intrusion into her personal life. In practice, those rights were curtailed at the time of her civil commitment.…