Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Mental health facilities.

Prisons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2007

Summary:

Outlines history of civil commitment laws, as they relate to sex offenders, in which a State retains custody of an individual by involuntarily committing the person to a secure mental health facility after the offender's prison sentence is completed. Reviews Supreme Court decisions in Kansas volume Hendricks and Kansas volume Crane, which addressed constitutional issues involving civil commitment. Summarizes recently enacted legislation governing the Federal civil commitment program, discusses research on sex offender recidivism and treatment, and evaluates issues surrounding civil commitment

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons

Publisher Number:

CRS-2007-DSP-0549

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