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
• Corporate Author: Harvard Law Review Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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.