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Subject(s)

• Mentally ill offenders—Florida—Tallahassee [Browse]
• Ledbetter, Marshall—Mental health [Browse]
• Political alienation—Florida—Tallahassee [Browse]
• Social control—Florida—Tallahassee [Browse]
• Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)—History [Browse]
• Ledbetter, Marshall 1969-2003 [Browse]

Summary note

Analyzes the actions of Marshall Ledbetter, a young activist and artist who occupied the Florida State Capitol in 1991, the biggest security breach of the building's history. After a court ruled that Ledbetter was incompetent to face the charges against him, Ledbetter spent the next decade in and out of mental health institutions, until his suicide in 2003. This study looks at the case of Ledbetter as an example of the difficulty in untangling addiction, isolation, brilliance, and deviance. It explores the ways society manages deviant people in real-world situations and whether our law enforcement and justice systems are adequately equipped to handle mental illness.

Notes

"VIVA FLORIDA 500 : A Florida Quincentennial Book"--from t.p. verso.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• 1.Intruder at the Capitol
• 2.A Florida State Awakening
• 3.The Monarchy Days
• 4.Vision Quest
• 5.Iron Horse Adventures
• 6.A Late Night at the Hogly
• 7.Capitol Showdown
• 8.The State Responds
• 9.Aftermath
• 10.Searching for an Explanation
• 11.Incompetent to Proceed
• 12.Chattahoochee
• 13.Recovery
• 14.Busted
• 15."Tales of Psychoboy"
• 16.Al-Qaeda and the Blue Key Club
• 17.Exit
• 18.Making Sense of Marshall Ledbetter.

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ISBN

• 9780813060163
• 0813060168

OCLC

893437457

RCP

H - S

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