Sexual predator civil commitment: A comparison of selected and released offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 638-648

  Levenson, Jill S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL COMMITMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; JIMMY RYCE ACT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARAPHILIAS; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4444237714     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04265089     Document Type: Article

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