Why Wait Until the Crime Happens? Providing for the Involuntary Commitment of Dangerous Individuals Without Requiring a Showing of Mental Illness

27 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2011 Last revised: 25 Apr 2014

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Adam Lamparello

Georgia College and State University; Assistant Professor of Public Law

Date Written: January 18, 2011

Abstract

This article proposes that law enforcement should be provided with the authority to involuntarily commit individuals on the basis that they are reasonably likely to engage in an immediate act of violence. It does not require, as most statutes do, a showing of mental illness. A Model Statute is included.

Keywords: Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights

JEL Classification: H51

Suggested Citation

Lamparello, Adam and Lamparello, Adam, Why Wait Until the Crime Happens? Providing for the Involuntary Commitment of Dangerous Individuals Without Requiring a Showing of Mental Illness (January 18, 2011). Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 875, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1742933

Adam Lamparello (Contact Author)

Assistant Professor of Public Law ( email )

Georgia College and State University ( email )

Milledgeville, GA 31061-0490
United States

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