| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v36.i49.records.utf8:7680995:1560 |
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001 2008012137
003 DLC
005 20081204132532.0
008 080319s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008012137
020 $a9781604565058 (softcover)
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050 00 $aKF9325$b.J359 2008
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100 1 $aJames, Nathan.
245 10 $aCivil commitment of sexually dangerous persons /$cNathan James, Kenneth R. Thomas and Cassandra Foley.
260 $aNew York :$bNova Science Publishers,$cc2008.
300 $avii, 68 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
505 0 $aBackground on civil commitment -- History of civil commitment laws -- Supreme Court rulings on civil commitment -- Kansas v. Hendricks -- Kansas v. Crane -- Civil commitment legislation in the 109th Congress -- Sex offender recidivism -- Limitations of studies on sex offender recidivism -- Sex offender recidivism data -- Sex offender treatment -- Can sex offenders be treated? -- Sex offender treatment research issues -- Select issues who should be civilly committed? -- Do sex offenders specialize in sex crimes? -- Are some sex offenders more dangerous than others? -- Future dangerousness -- Safe to release -- Less-restrictive alternatives -- Indeterminate sentences for sex offenders -- Cost of civil commitment.
650 0 $aCivil commitment of sex offenders$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSex offenders$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRecidivism$zUnited States.
700 1 $aThomas, Kenneth R.
700 1 $aFoley, Cassandra L.