Characteristics of Individuals Petitioned for Civil Commitment

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-195

  Becker, Judith V ^a   Stinson, Jill ^a   Tromp, Shannon ^b   Messer, Gene ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil commitment and sex offenders; Sex offender demographics; Sex offender psychopathology; Sex offending; Sexually violent predators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE; ADDICTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037642359     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03251114     Document Type: Article

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