Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
c2008.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10686123 |
Table of Contents:
- Background on civil commitment
- History of civil commitment laws
- Supreme Court rulings on civil commitment
- Kansas v. Hendricks
- Kansas v. Crane
- Civil commitment legislation in the 109th Congress
- Sex offender recidivism
- Limitations of studies on sex offender recidivism
- Sex offender recidivism data
- Sex offender treatment
- Can sex offenders be treated?
- Sex offender treatment research issues
- Select issues who should be civilly committed?
- Do sex offenders specialize in sex crimes?
- Are some sex offenders more dangerous than others?
- Future dangerousness
- Safe to release
- Less-restrictive alternatives
- Indeterminate sentences for sex offenders
- Cost of civil commitment.