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21 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 729 (1993-1994)
Treating the Mentally Disordered Offender: Society's Uncertain, Conflicted, and Changing Views

handle is hein.journals/flsulr21 and id is 739 raw text is: TREATING THE MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDER: SOCIETY'S UNCERTAIN, CONFLICTED, AND CHANGING VIEWS THOMAS L. HAFEMEISTER AND JOHN PETRILA Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 731 II. CHANGING NATURE OF THE UNDERLYING PREMISES OF THE L A W ........................................................................ 732 A. Historical Treatment ............................................ 732 B. Civil Rights Movement .......................................... 733 1. Entitled to Equal Protection of the Law ............. 737 2. Disparagement of Clinician's Diagnostic Skills ..... 738 3. Judiciary as the Primary Decision Maker ............ 739 4. Least Restrictive Alternative ............................ 740 5. Im pact ........................................................ 742 C. Premises of the 1980s and 1990s .............................. 742 1. All Patients Are Not Equal .............................. 743 2. Expansion of Dangerousness. ...................... 745 3. Reduced Judicial Scrutiny and Informal, Non- Adversarial Proceedings ................................. 748 4. Im pact ........................................................ 752 III. LEGAL IMPACT OF CHANGES IN UNDERLYING PREMISES .......... 753 A. Procedural Aspects Associated with the Retention of the M D O ......................................................... 753 1. Burden of Proof Placed on MDO .................... 753 2. Automatic Commitment and Retention ............. 756 3. Extended or Indefinite Commitment ................. 758 B. Treatment Decisions Regarding the MDO ................. 761 1. Right to Treatment ....................................... 762 a. Mental Health Facilities .......................... 762 b. Prisons ................................................ 768 2. Treatment Refusals ....................... 780 a. Mental Health Facilities ........................... 782 b. P risons ................................................. 788 3. The Treatment Program ................................. 795 a. Aversive Therapies .................................. 796 b. Experimental Techniques .......................... 799 c. Intrusive Treatments ............................... 803

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