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Dangerous Diagnoses, Risky Assumptions, And The Failed Experiment Of “Sexually Violent Predator” Commitment, Deirdre M. Smith Dec 2014

Dangerous Diagnoses, Risky Assumptions, And The Failed Experiment Of “Sexually Violent Predator” Commitment, Deirdre M. Smith

Oklahoma Law Review

In its 1997 opinion, Kansas v. Hendricks, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that reflected a new model of civil commitment. The targets of this new commitment law were dubbed “Sexually Violent Predators” (SVPs), and the Court upheld indefinite detention of these individuals on the assumption that there is a psychiatrically distinct class of individuals who, unlike typical recidivists, have a mental condition that impairs their ability to refrain from violent sexual behavior. And, more specifically, the Court assumed that the justice system could reliably identify the true “predators,” those for whom this unusual and extraordinary deprivation of liberty …


A Dedication To Andrew E. Taslitz: "It's All About The Egyptians," And Maybe Tinkerbell Too, Stephen E. Henderson Jan 2014

A Dedication To Andrew E. Taslitz: "It's All About The Egyptians," And Maybe Tinkerbell Too, Stephen E. Henderson

Oklahoma Law Review

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Federal Indian Law And Tribal Criminal Justice In The Self-Determination Era, Samuel E. Ennis, Caroline P. Mayhew Jan 2014

Federal Indian Law And Tribal Criminal Justice In The Self-Determination Era, Samuel E. Ennis, Caroline P. Mayhew

American Indian Law Review

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Our Records Panopticon And The American Bar Association Standards For Criminal Justice, Stephen E. Henderson Jan 2014

Our Records Panopticon And The American Bar Association Standards For Criminal Justice, Stephen E. Henderson

Oklahoma Law Review

“Secrets are lies. Sharing is caring. Privacy is theft.” So concludes the main character in Dave Egger’s novel, The Circle, in which a single company that unites Google, Facebook, and Twitter—and on steroids—has the ambition not only to know, but also to share, all of the world’s information. It is telling that a current dystopian novel features not the government in the first instance, but instead a private third party that, through no act of overt coercion, knows so much about us. This is indeed the greatest risk to privacy in our day, both the unprecedented, massive collection and retention …


What Is The Gist Of The Mail Fraud Statute?, C.J. Williams Jan 2014

What Is The Gist Of The Mail Fraud Statute?, C.J. Williams

Oklahoma Law Review

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