Factors predicting selection of sexually violent predators for civil commitment

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 609-629

  Levenson, Jill S ^a   Morin, John W ^b  

^a LYNN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oakbrook Counseling Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil commitment; Jimmy Ryce Act; Psychological evaluation; Risk assessment; Sex offender; Sexually violent predator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PEDOPHILIA; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPATHY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750304493     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06287644     Document Type: Article

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