NCJ Number
20349
Journal
Revue de science criminelle et de droit penal compare Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 957-959
Date Published
1975
Length
33 pages
Annotation
THE LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED AND DISCUSSED INCLUDE THE CRITERIA FOR AND OBJECTIVES OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION, ALTERNATIVES TO PREVENTIVE DETENTION, AND THE LENGTH OF PERIODS OF DETENTION.
Abstract
ALSO CONSIDERED ARE RELEASE FROM PREVENTIVE DETENTION, ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION, THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFENDANT COMPENSATION FOR UNJUSTIFIED PREVENTIVE DETENTION, AND THE LEGAL AND PENOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE ACTUAL ADMINISTRATION OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION. IN ADDITION, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND OTHER PRETRIAL MEASURES INVOLVING DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY (SUCH AS CIVIL COMMITMENT AND COMMITMENT FOR PSYCHIATRIC OBSERVATION) ARE EXAMINED. --IN FRENCH