Policing in the age of the asylum: early legislative interventions in the lives of persons with disabilities

Title: Policing in the age of the asylum: early legislative interventions in the lives of persons with disabilities
Creator: McNamara, Donna
Relation: Disability Studies Quarterly Vol. 41, Issue 2
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v41i2.6990
Publisher: Ohio State University Libraries
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: This article traces the key legislative interventions in the lives of persons with disabilities in Ireland. It will consider how State involvement was fostered through the growth of a vast asylum network and a host of legislative powers which allowed for the removal of persons deemed "dangerous" or "mad" from society, with a particular emphasis on policing. It traces the key developments in the States response to persons with disabilities and argues that in this new age of disability rights, which culminated in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, training and awareness-raising is needed to reinforce positive understandings of disability and mental health. This discussion will contribute to both disability studies and the history of criminology and policing in Ireland.
Subject: psychiatric history; powers of detention; policing; an Garda Siochana; CRPD; Irish law
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1439674
Identifier: uon:40995
Identifier: ISSN:1041-5718
Language: eng
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