Evaluating sex offenders under sexually violent predator laws: How might mental health professionals conceptualize the notion of volitional impairment?

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-309

  Calkins Mercado, Cynthia ^a,b   Schopp, Robert F ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Crane; Hendricks; Sex offender; Volitional impairment

Indexed keywords

COURT; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 11844286271     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2003.12.003     Document Type: Review

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