court-ordered treatment

Judge-imposed therapy program

Court-ordered treatment is rehabilitation mandated by a judge, typically for substance abuse or mental health issues, as an alternative to or condition of incarceration.

A defendant may receive court-ordered treatment after a DUI conviction or as part of a plea agreement.

He entered a ninety-day court-ordered treatment program instead of serving jail time.

Opposites
legal compulsion

court-ordered treatmentuntreated

Not given care

opting out · non-compliance · self-medication

volition/agency

court-ordered treatmentvoluntary participation

Unforced decision to join

legal involvement

court-ordered treatmentoutpatient therapy

Medical treatment without admission

Family

courts, courted, courting, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy, courteous, courteously

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