Sexual offender commitment in the United States: Legislative and policy concerns

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 989, Issue , 2003, Pages 489-501

  Fitch, W Lawrence ^a  

^a Forensic Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil commitment; Forensic psychiatry; Mental illness; Paraphilia; Sexual offender; Sexually violent predator

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICY; PRISON; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038727799     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07328.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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