Civil Commitment Of Sexually Dangerous Persons

Author : Nathan James
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781604565058
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons written by Nathan James and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 109th Congress passed legislation that allows the federal government to civilly commit "sexually dangerous persons". Civil commitment, as it relates to sex offenders, is when a state retains custody of an individual, found by a judge or jury to be a "sexually dangerous person" by involuntarily committing the person to a secure mental health facility after the offender's prison sentence is done. In 1990, the state of Washington passed the first civil commitment law for sexually dangerous persons. Currently, 18 other states and the federal government have similar laws. Moreover, the Supreme Court, in Kansas v. Hendricks and Kansas v. Crane, ruled that current civil commitment laws are constitutional. The civil commitment of sex offenders centres on the belief that sex offenders are more likely than other offenders to re-offend. However, data on sex offender recidivism is varied. Data show that the recidivism risk for sex offenders may be lower than it is typically thought to be; in fact, some studies show that sex offenders recidivate at a lower rate than many other criminals. Other studies show that, given time, almost all sex offenders will commit a new sex crime. Most discussions about recidivism examine ways to decrease it; for example, by providing sex offenders with treatment. Research on the efficacy of sex offender treatment is promising, but it cannot prove that treatment reduces recidivism.

Author : Robert A. Prentky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136016643
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Predators written by Robert A. Prentky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Convicted sex offenders released from custody at the end of their criminal sentences pose a risk for re-offense. In many US states, Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) laws have been enacted that allow for the post-prison preventive detention of high risk sex offenders. SVP laws require the courts to make dispositions that protect the public from harm while at the same time respecting the civil rights of the offender. This book describes these SVP laws, their constitutionality, and aspects of their operation. Courts hear expert risk testimony based heavily on the results of actuarial risk assessment. Problems associated with this testimony include the lack of a theory of recidivism risk, bias due to human decision-making, and the insularity of scholarship and practice along developmental lines. The authors propose changes in legal standards, as well as a unified developmental model that treats sexual violence as an "evolving" condition, with roots traceable to childhood and paths that extend into adolescence and adulthood.

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Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780890422809
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Sex Offenders written by and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a task force report on dangerous sex offenders.

Author : Don Salm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Sexual Predator" Law written by Don Salm and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dennis M. Doren
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761921141
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Sex Offenders written by Dennis M. Doren and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-04-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professional volume to help practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers, assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime. This is the most comprehensive volume available on every aspect of assessing risk. It compares all current risk assessment techniques of sex offenders in terms of ease of use, reliability, and predictive power. It is a complete guide to assessing sex offenders for likelihood of re-offense, and it provides a wealth of information on other aspects of the assessment process, including information gathering, interviewing offenders, and writing reports. Chapter topics include: defining risk; data gathering; diagnostic issues; recidivism base rates; risk factor lists; actuarial scales; instrumentation (violent and sexual); the evaluation report; presenting in court; ethical issues.

Author : Anita M. Schlank
Publisher : Civic Research Institute, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1887554092
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sexual Predator written by Anita M. Schlank and published by Civic Research Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treats the law, policy, evaluation, and treatment of sex offenders, including a discussion of the civil commitment of sexual predators under Minnesota's law, the role of assessment in the commitment process, a clinical view of civil commitment, and an overview of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

Author : Delisi
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 1284129012
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violent Offenders written by Delisi and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice contains cutting-edge scholarship on the broad category of criminal predators, including homicide offenders, sex offenders, financial predators, and conventional street criminals.

Author : William L. Hickey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Commitment of Special Categories of Offenders written by William L. Hickey and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexually Psychopathic Personality Disorder and Sexually Dangerous Persons written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William T. O'Donohue
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030046966
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook written by William T. O'Donohue and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This information-rich volume expands current knowledge about sexually violent predators and critiques SVP laws with the goal of fostering improvements in clinical practice and public policy. It offers a finely detailed evidence base on this problematic class of offenders, including the complex interactions of biophysiological and environmental factors that contribute to criminal sexual behavior. Chapters discuss a wide range of assessment issues and instruments central to SVP evaluation, and the possibilities for developing interventions that address individual motivations and behaviors to reduce the risk of reoffending. And throughout, careful attention is paid to ongoing legal, ethical, and logical concerns regarding sexually violent offenders, their treatment and confinement, and their post-confinement placement. Among the topics covered: · Civil commitment of sex offenders. · The physiological basis of problematic sexual interests and behaviors. · Sexually violent predator evaluations: problems and proposals. · Cultural considerations in the assessment of sexually violent predators. · Management of sex offenders in community settings. · Effective use of an expert in sexually violent predator commitment hearings. Offering numerous issues for discussion and debate with considerable implications for clinical practice, policy, and the judicial system, Sexually Violent Predators will interest and enlighten forensic psychologists and psychiatrists as well as social workers, policy-makers, and legal professionals.