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020 _z9781604565058 (softcover)
020 _z9781620818794 (e-book)
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100 1 _aJames, Nathan.
245 1 0 _aCivil commitment of sexually dangerous persons
_h[electronic resource] /
_cNathan James, Kenneth R. Thomas and Cassandra Foley.
260 _aNew York :
_bNova Science Publishers,
_cc2008.
300 _avii, 68 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aBackground 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCivil commitment of sex offenders
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSex offenders
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aRecidivism
_zUnited States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aThomas, Kenneth R.
700 1 _aFoley, Cassandra.
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10686123
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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