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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1988.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Civil rights. Homelessness. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
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.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.