Object Title
Planning Future Administration of Justice
Part of
Collection: American Cities: Law, Survival and the Administration of Justice event recordings
Material Category
Physical Audio
Type of Work
1/4 inch audio tape
Description
This audio recording is of one of a series of sessions held at The New School, entitled: "American Cities: Law, Survival and the Administration of Justice." The recording contains the introduction to the session on the future of law and the remarks of the first speaker. Attorney Martin Gallent introduces the topic of the discussion and summarizes important questions raised by the symposium. At 6:47, State University of New York Professor of Law and Criminal Justice Fred Cohen delivers his remarks, in which he discusses the ways in which civil committment laws function in a similar way to criminal law, the criminalization and institutionalization of mental illness and drug addiction, and advocates for incarceration of mentally ill or drug addicted patient only as a last resort and the abolishment of the mental institution system.
Date
December 1 1971
Related people
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)
Martin Gallent (moderator)
Fred Cohen (subject)
Inscription
Planning Future Administ of Justice Tape # 1 Introdution Gallent First speaker Kohn Speed 7.5 IPS (container)
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Location
box mixed nav_3
Identifier
NS070212_000032
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Material Category
Physical AudioType of Work
1/4 inch audio tapeDescription
This audio recording is of one of a series of sessions held at The New School, entitled: "American Cities: Law, Survival and the Administration of Justice." The recording contains the introduction to the session on the future of law and the remarks of the first speaker. Attorney Martin Gallent introduces the topic of the discussion and summarizes important questions raised by the symposium. At 6:47, State University of New York Professor of Law and Criminal Justice Fred Cohen delivers his remarks, in which he discusses the ways in which civil committment laws function in a similar way to criminal law, the criminalization and institutionalization of mental illness and drug addiction, and advocates for incarceration of mentally ill or drug addicted patient only as a last resort and the abolishment of the mental institution system.Date
December 1 1971Related people
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)Martin Gallent (moderator)
Fred Cohen (subject)
Inscription
Planning Future Administ of Justice Tape # 1 Introdution Gallent First speaker Kohn Speed 7.5 IPS (container)Use Restrictions
Location
box mixed nav_3Identifier
NS070212_000032There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.