Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons [electronic resource] / Nathan James, Kenneth R. Thomas and Cassandra Foley.
By: James, Nathan.
Contributor(s): Thomas, Kenneth R | Foley, Cassandra | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008Description: vii, 68 p. : ill.Subject(s): Civil commitment of sex offenders -- United States | Sex offenders -- United States | Recidivism -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.73/0253 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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