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The Use Of Social Science And Medicine In Sex Offender Commitment, Eric S. Janus
The Use Of Social Science And Medicine In Sex Offender Commitment, Eric S. Janus
Faculty Scholarship
Sex offender commitment statutes are a controversial and recurring response to the threat of sexual violence. These statutes, claiming exemption from the strict constitutional limitations of the criminal law, use civil-commitment-like procedures to detain sex offenders in secure "treatment centers." Litigation testing these statutes has sought to locate the border between legitimate exercise of the state's mental health power, and illegitimate preventative detention. This article examines the central roles that medicine and behavioral science play in the operation of sex offender commitment statutes and the litigation testing their constitutional validity. The thesis of this article is that the presence of …
Recent Developments, An Appeal By Any Other Name: Congress's Empty Victory Over Habeas Rights--Felker V. Turpin, 116 S. Ct. 2333 (1996), Scott Moss
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Ex Post Facto Laws: Supreme Court New York County People V. Griffin (Decided December 5, 1996
Ex Post Facto Laws: Supreme Court New York County People V. Griffin (Decided December 5, 1996
Touro Law Review
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