Winick, Bruce J. <br/><br/>
Civil commitment  a therapeutic jurisprudence model 
by Bruce J. Winick. 
 - Durham, N.C.  Carolina Academic Press  c2005. 
 - xvii, 344 p.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A therapeutic jurisprudence model for civil commitment -- Striking the balance between coercion and autonomy : therapeutic jurisprudence insights on coercion and its consequences and application in the civil commitment process -- Civil commitment criteria : an overview -- General considerations -- The limits of parens patriae commitment : how incompetency should be defined and applied -- The outer limits of police power commitment : the civil commitment of sex offenders -- Application of civil commitment criteria : the civil commitment hearing -- Voluntary hospitalization -- Rights within the institution and the standards governing their exercise or waiver -- Outpatient commitment -- -- International human rights law limitations on civil commitment. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>159460021X (alk. paper) 9781594600210 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004021170 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mentally ill--Commitment and detention--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 480  / .W56 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.7301/38