Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution

The locus of care shifted from large institutions to the community in the 20th century, but this shift was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. This book presents a socio-legal analysis of social care detention in the post-carceral era, drawing from disability rights law and the meanings of 'home and 'institution, and proposes solutions to the Cheshire West rulings paradoxical implications.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 316 pages
Publication date: 29 March 2022
Publisher: Bristol University Press

The shift of care from large institutions to the community occurred during the 20th century, but this transition was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. In 2014, a UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of "deprivation of liberty" led to the re-categorization of older and disabled individuals in care homes, supported living, and family homes as "detained." This ruling requires a socio-legal analysis of social care detention in the post-carceral era. Drawing from disability rights law and the meanings of "home" and "institution," the book proposes solutions to the paradoxical implications of the Cheshire West rulings.

The shift of care from large institutions to the community occurred during the 20th century, but this transition was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. In 2014, a UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of "deprivation of liberty" led to the re-categorization of older and disabled individuals in care homes, supported living, and family homes as "detained." This ruling requires a socio-legal analysis of social care detention in the post-carceral era. Drawing from disability rights law and the meanings of "home" and "institution," the book proposes solutions to the paradoxical implications of the Cheshire West rulings.

The shift of care from large institutions to the community occurred during the 20th century, but this transition was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. In 2014, a UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of "deprivation of liberty" led to the re-categorization of older and disabled individuals in care homes, supported living, and family homes as "detained." This ruling requires a socio-legal analysis of social care detention in the post-carceral era. Drawing from disability rights law and the meanings of "home" and "institution," the book proposes solutions to the paradoxical implications of the Cheshire West rulings.

The shift of care from large institutions to the community occurred during the 20th century, but this transition was not always accompanied by liberation from restrictive practices. In 2014, a UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of "deprivation of liberty" led to the re-categorization of older and disabled individuals in care homes, supported living, and family homes as "detained." This ruling requires a socio-legal analysis of social care detention in the post-carceral era. Drawing from disability rights law and the meanings of "home" and "institution," the book proposes solutions to the paradoxical implications of the Cheshire West rulings.

Weight: 478g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529211993