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CIVIL COMMITMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL - THEORIES AND PROCEDURES (FROM CRIMINAL LAW - ESSAYS ON CRIMINAL LAW SELECTED FROM THE PAGES OF THE HARVARD LAW REVIEW, 1972 - SEE NCJ-008880)

NCJ Number

10685

Author(s)

ANON

Date Published

1966

Length

11 pages

Annotation

STATUTORY GROUNDS FOR COMMITMENT, BASED ON THE THREAT OF DANGER TO ONESELF AND OTHERS, AND THE NEED FOR CARE AND TREATMENT.

Abstract

SELECTED JUDICIAL DECISIONS ARE NOTED.