Add to ORKGFollowing this introduction, Part I deals with a brief historical perspective on SVP statutes. Part II provides an outline of the preliminary processes involved before an SVP civil commitment proceeding is started. Part III discusses the courtroom phases of trial, both the probable cause hearing and the trial itself. Part IV discusses the options for the judge following trial. This comment concludes with a discussion of some possible approaches for the courtappointed attorney in handling SVP civil commitment cases
Numerous states have enacted statutes focusing on the civil commitment of sexually violent predators...
(Excerpt) This Article undertakes this public health review in five parts. Part I considers the gene...
This article discusses the role of psychiatrists in determining the treatment of sexually violent pr...
Following this introduction, Part I deals with a brief historical perspective on SVP statutes. Part ...
The Article presents common features of the statutory schemes for the involuntary dedication of sexu...
This comment examines Virginia\u27s current civil commitment statute for sexual predators and attemp...
This Comment argues that the SVP statute is not only constitutionally sound, but is also the best al...
Sexually violent predator (SVP) laws are inherently suspicious because they continue to incarcerate ...
Currently over five thousand individuals are indefinitely confined in the United States with little ...
Several states have passed civil commitment laws that allow the precautionary deten-tion of sex offe...
Given the public\u27s fear and anxiety regarding sex offenders, especially those who target children...
Over the past fifty years the Supreme Court has been repeatedly asked to address the constitutionali...
In 1997, the Supreme Court held that the sexually violent predator (SVP) act in Kansas did not viola...
Twenty states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have enacted Sexually Violent Pr...
This Law Summary begins with a brief overview of the clinical treatment of sexual predators. The cli...
Numerous states have enacted statutes focusing on the civil commitment of sexually violent predators...
(Excerpt) This Article undertakes this public health review in five parts. Part I considers the gene...
This article discusses the role of psychiatrists in determining the treatment of sexually violent pr...
Following this introduction, Part I deals with a brief historical perspective on SVP statutes. Part ...
The Article presents common features of the statutory schemes for the involuntary dedication of sexu...
This comment examines Virginia\u27s current civil commitment statute for sexual predators and attemp...
This Comment argues that the SVP statute is not only constitutionally sound, but is also the best al...
Sexually violent predator (SVP) laws are inherently suspicious because they continue to incarcerate ...
Currently over five thousand individuals are indefinitely confined in the United States with little ...
Several states have passed civil commitment laws that allow the precautionary deten-tion of sex offe...
Given the public\u27s fear and anxiety regarding sex offenders, especially those who target children...
Over the past fifty years the Supreme Court has been repeatedly asked to address the constitutionali...
In 1997, the Supreme Court held that the sexually violent predator (SVP) act in Kansas did not viola...
Twenty states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have enacted Sexually Violent Pr...
This Law Summary begins with a brief overview of the clinical treatment of sexual predators. The cli...
Numerous states have enacted statutes focusing on the civil commitment of sexually violent predators...
(Excerpt) This Article undertakes this public health review in five parts. Part I considers the gene...
This article discusses the role of psychiatrists in determining the treatment of sexually violent pr...