02515nam 2200577 a 450 991045319690332120200520144314.01-62081-879-5(CKB)2550000001043855(EBL)3021819(SSID)ssj0000860081(PQKBManifestationID)12351049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860081(PQKBWorkID)10883930(PQKB)10812675(MiAaPQ)EBC3021819(Au-PeEL)EBL3021819(CaPaEBR)ebr10686123(OCoLC)839304823(EXLCZ)99255000000104385520080319d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCivil commitment of sexually dangerous persons[electronic resource] /Nathan James, Kenneth R. Thomas and Cassandra FoleyNew York Nova Science Publishersc20081 online resource (78 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60456-505-5 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.Civil commitment of sex offendersUnited StatesSex offendersUnited StatesRecidivismUnited StatesElectronic books.Civil commitment of sex offendersSex offendersRecidivism345.73/0253James Nathan913120Thomas Kenneth R913121Foley Cassandra913122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453196903321Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons2045573UNINA