In the film Minority Report, people were arrested and sentenced based on predictions that they were going to commit a specific crime at some future date, even though no crime had yet been committed. This scenario is similar to what type of proceeding that mental patients experience in the United States today?

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Involuntary civil commitment involves detaining individuals who are deemed a threat to themselves or others based on predictions of future behavior, similar to the pre-crime arrests in Minority Report.

In the Film Minority Report, People Were Arrested and Sentenced