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Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons / Nathan James, Kenneth R. Thomas and Cassandra Foley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Nathan.
- Series:
- Report / Congressional Research Service ; RL34068
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil commitment of sex offenders--United States.
- Civil commitment of sex offenders.
- Sex offenders--United States.
- Sex offenders.
- Recidivism--United States.
- Recidivism.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (78 p.)
- Updated irregularly
- Edition:
- [Library of Congress public edition].
- Contained In:
- Contained in (work): CRS reports (Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.
- [Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, 2019-
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text discusses the 109th Congress passed legislation that allows the federal government to civilly commit 'sexually dangerous persons' and how likely or unlikely it is for sex offenders to re-offend.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62081-879-5
- OCLC:
- 839304823
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