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Correctional Mental Health Law And Policy: A Primer, Fred Cohen
Correctional Mental Health Law And Policy: A Primer, Fred Cohen
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Protecting Parolees Under The Ada And Rehab Act, Giovanna Shay
Protecting Parolees Under The Ada And Rehab Act, Giovanna Shay
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Louisa Van Wezel Schwartz Symposium On Mental Health Issues In Correctional Institutions. Symposium Introduction, H. Russell Cort, Arlene L. Robinson
The Louisa Van Wezel Schwartz Symposium On Mental Health Issues In Correctional Institutions. Symposium Introduction, H. Russell Cort, Arlene L. Robinson
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Monitoring The Quality And Utilization Of Mental Health Services In Correctional Facilities, Clarence J. Sundram
Monitoring The Quality And Utilization Of Mental Health Services In Correctional Facilities, Clarence J. Sundram
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Explosive growth in the population of seriously mentally ill inmates in prisons has created new demands for mental health services. Increased public expenditures for such services require increased accountability. This article identifies essential elements of an adequate system of mental health care in a correctional environment. It describes the common areas of vulnerability when the adequacy of correctional mental health services is challenged in court. It proffers several arguments in favor of a proactive program of monitoring the adequacy of mental health services in correctional facilities. Finally, the paper suggests specific areas and methods for monitoring both by internal quality …
Mental Health And Incarceration: What A Bad Combination, Olinda Moyd
Mental Health And Incarceration: What A Bad Combination, Olinda Moyd
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
The District of Columbia has one of the highest per capita incarceration and criminal justice supervision rates in the United States1 and among the highest in the world. The local prison population has risen dramatically over the past decade for a variety of reasons including increased rates of re-incarceration for parole violations and the imposition of longer sentences for drug offenses. Recent acts of Congress have seriously impacted the sentencing laws in the District including determination of where persons sentenced for violating local D.C. laws will serve such sentences. On August 5, 1997, President Clinton signed into law The National …
Criminalization Of People With Mental Illnesses: The Role Of Mental Health Courts In System Reform, Robert Bernstein, Tammy Seltzer
Criminalization Of People With Mental Illnesses: The Role Of Mental Health Courts In System Reform, Robert Bernstein, Tammy Seltzer
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Suicide In Jails And Prisons: What The Numbers Tell Us, Karen L. Cropsey
Suicide In Jails And Prisons: What The Numbers Tell Us, Karen L. Cropsey
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Suicide is often the most common cause of death in correctional settings across the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published a report stating that suicide "is a public health problem that demands our attention."' Across the world, one suicide attempt is made every three seconds, with one completed suicide every minute. More people die across the world from suicide than by armed conflict. The risk factors for suicide include being a young or elderly male, being indigenous, being an individual with a mental illness or substance abuse history, and being incarcerated or in custody. Further, individuals who have …
Legislative Amendments To The District Of Columbia's Vital Records Act: Medical Cause Of Death Privacy, Suzanne Brette Greene
Legislative Amendments To The District Of Columbia's Vital Records Act: Medical Cause Of Death Privacy, Suzanne Brette Greene
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The District Of Columbia Medical Consent Law: Moving Towards Legal Recognition Of Kinship Caregiving, Randi S. Mandelbaum, Susan L. Waysdorf
The District Of Columbia Medical Consent Law: Moving Towards Legal Recognition Of Kinship Caregiving, Randi S. Mandelbaum, Susan L. Waysdorf
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
In 1990, in the District of Columbia, over 27,000 children under the age of eighteen, or 23.4% of all children, were living in the care of an adult other than their parent or a foster parent.3 This was a thirty percent increase from the 1980 data for the District of Columbia.4 Nationally, over the past decade, these figures increased sixteen percent.0 Today, for adult relatives, primarily grandmothers, aunts, and close family friends, who step in to raise the children of their relatives or friends, private kinship caregiving is both a legacy and a matter of survival for the next generation.'
A Delicate Balance: Bill 10-77 And Protecting Access To Abortion Clinics And Anti-Abortion Protesters' Right To Demonstrate, Rudolph Schreiber
A Delicate Balance: Bill 10-77 And Protecting Access To Abortion Clinics And Anti-Abortion Protesters' Right To Demonstrate, Rudolph Schreiber
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Use Of Government Funding To Discourage Abortion: Who Will Protect The Rights Of The Poor?, Claudia J. Postell
The Use Of Government Funding To Discourage Abortion: Who Will Protect The Rights Of The Poor?, Claudia J. Postell
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Health-Care Rights Of The Poor: An Introduction, Michele Melden, Michael Parks, Laura Rosenthal
Health-Care Rights Of The Poor: An Introduction, Michele Melden, Michael Parks, Laura Rosenthal
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
Improving access to health care is a high priority for low-income people and their advocates. A variety of tools exist to establish legal rights to reimbursement and services. Mastery of these tools can provide dramatic improvements in the lives of the poor. This article provides a brief overview of the primary reimbursement sources for health care-Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and state and county indigent care programs. It covers the issues involved in and approaches to insuring the uninsured. It also explains the protection of access to health care provided by the Hill-Burton program, emergency room law, and civil rights. Basic …
Compensation Neurosis: A Workers' Compensation Phenomenon, Kathryn V. Natale
Compensation Neurosis: A Workers' Compensation Phenomenon, Kathryn V. Natale
Antioch Law Journal
The developing battle of workers' compensation law related to mental and nervous injuries has recently expanded to include the phenomenon of compensation neurosis-one of the most controversial terms in the medico-legal lexicon.2 This comment will explore the legitimacy and viability of compensation neurosis as a compensable personal injury in the compensation context. The reader should take note that compensation neurosis is in its infancy and that any vagueness with respect to the law or case analysis reflects the state of the law today.