03088nam 2200673 a 450 991097111190332120251116181923.01-62081-879-5(CKB)2550000001043855(EBL)3021819(SSID)ssj0000860081(PQKBManifestationID)12351049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860081(PQKBWorkID)10883930(PQKB)10812675(Au-PeEL)EBL3021819(CaPaEBR)ebr10686123(OCoLC)839304823(MiAaPQ)EBC3021819(OCoLC)1128869208(OCoLC)992550000001043855(BIP)18656158(EXLCZ)99255000000104385520080319d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCivil commitment of sexually dangerous persons /Nathan James, Kenneth R. Thomas and Cassandra Foley[Library of Congress public edition].New York Nova Science Publishersc2008[Washington, D.C.] :Congressional Research Service,2019-1 online resource (78 p.)Report / Congressional Research Service ;RL34068Description 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.This text discusses the 109th Congress passed legislation that allows the federal government to civilly commit 'sexually dangerous persons' and how likely or unlikely it is for sex offenders to re-offend.Civil commitment of sex offendersUnited StatesSex offendersUnited StatesRecidivismUnited StatesUnited StatesfastCivil commitment of sex offendersSex offendersRecidivism345.73/0253James Nathan1196620Thomas Kenneth R1870931Foley Cassandra1870932Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971111903321Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons4479512UNINA