TY  - BOOK
AU  - James,Nathan
AU  - Thomas,Kenneth R.
AU  - Foley,Cassandra
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons
AV  - KF9325 .J359 2008
U1  - 345.73/0253 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nova Science Publishers
KW  - Civil commitment of sex offenders
KW  - United States
KW  - Sex offenders
KW  - Recidivism
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nird-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3021819
ER  -