Sexual Violent Predator Commitment
Sexual Violent Predator Commitment is a legal and psychiatric civil commitment process that classifies certain individuals as a distinct category of sex offenders requiring indefinite state supervision and confinement based on a diagnosed mental disorder and a proven history of sexually violent behavior, distinguishing it from standard criminal sentencing by emphasizing post-incarceration preventive detention for those deemed to pose a continued threat to public safety due to an inability to control their predatory sexual impulses.
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Daniel C. Murrie, Marcus T. Boccaccini, Darrel B. Turner et al. · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2009 · 201 citations
Daniel C. Murrie, Marcus T. Boccaccini, Jeremy T. Johnson et al. · Law and Human Behavior · 2007 · 152 citations
Marcus T. Boccaccini, Darrel B. Turner, Daniel C. Murrie · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2008 · 116 citations
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Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, United States
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24 publications
2.4K citations
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
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7 publications
514 citations

Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, United States
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5 publications
205 citations
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, United States
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3 publications
122 citations
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, United States
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2 publications
106 citations
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
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2 publications
56 citations
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, United States
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2 publications
72 citations
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, United States
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3 publications
67 citations
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