Concept information
Preferred term
false imprisonment
Definition
- False imprisonment, sometimes called false arrest, is a tort that protects an individual's freedom from improper restraint and includes more than simple incarceration. An individual can be wrongfully confined when in an open street, traveling in an automobile, or even confined in an entire city. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; False Imprisonment]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/false_imprisonment
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