Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons
By: Nathan James, editor.
Contributors: James, Nathan.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604565058
Subjects: Civil commitment of sex offenders -- United States; Sex offenders -- United States; Recidivism -- United States
Table of contents: title: Background on civil commitment; title: History of civil commitment laws; title: Supreme Court rulings on civil commitment; title: Kansas v. Hendricks; title: Kansas v. Crane; title: Civil commitment legislation in the 109th Congress; title: Sex offender recidivism; title: Limitations of studies on sex offender recidivism; title: Sex offender recidivism data; title: Sex offender treatment; title: Can sex offenders be treated?; title: Sex offender treatment research issues; title: Select issues who should be civilly committed?; title: Do sex offenders specialize in sex crimes?; title: Are some sex offenders more dangerous than others?; title: Future dangerousness; title: Safe to release; title: Less-restrictive alternatives; title: Indeterminate sentences for sex offenders; title: Cost of civil commitment.