The legal placement of people in psychiatric institutions without consent is civil commitment compared to criminal commitment is when one is acquitted of a crime of insanity. Sasz believed that ones mental illness is based on what society has invented in social deviance into medical illnesses. I agree with Sasz when one is trialed for a criminal behavior one should be prosecuted for the crime committed. People with severe psychiatric disorders actually stand a greater chance of becoming victims of violent crimes compared to people in general population with mental disorders. So people who suffer from schizophrenia are easier to diagnose because of violence. I can’t believe it wasn’t until 1976 in the Tarasoff case that it was psychiatrist
