Civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons

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 offen...

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Authors: James, Nathan (Author) ; Thomas, Kenneth R. (Author) ; Foley, Cassandra (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York Novinka Books 2008
In:Year: 2008
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 9 E 1220
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Keywords:
Civil commitment of sex offenders > United States
Sex Offenders > United States
Recidivism > United States
USA > Sexualtäter > Sicherungsverwahrung