학술논문
"On Desolation Row": The Blurring of the Borders Between Civil and Criminal Mental Disability Law, and What It Means to All of Us.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*MENTAL health
*HUMAN rights
*MEDICAL care
*CIVIL rights
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Language
ISSN
1930-2045
Abstract
The article discusses the tensions of mental disability law in the mental health courts. It examines the impact of social oppression and pathology to the relationship between criminal and civil mental disability law. It also cites the conceptualization and legal articulation of the right of the individuals to refuse treatment in criminal and civil settings.