Washington's Sexually Violent Predator Law: A Deliberate Misuse of the Therapeutic State for Social Control

This Article will demonstrate that the Washington legislature deliberately chose to abuse the medical model of involuntary commitment for treatment in order to achieve lifetime preventive detention. In so doing, the legislature violated fundamental constitutional principles that underlie our system...

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Main Author: La Fond, John Q. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1992
In:Year: 1992
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Summary:This Article will demonstrate that the Washington legislature deliberately chose to abuse the medical model of involuntary commitment for treatment in order to achieve lifetime preventive detention. In so doing, the legislature violated fundamental constitutional principles that underlie our system of social care and control and safeguard individual liberty