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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102

Authors

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Institutions

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2017–2026

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Variants

Svp Commitment

Authors

102

  1. DC
    Daniel C. Murrie

    University of Virginia, United States

    7 publications · 633 citations

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  2. MT
    Marcus T. Boccaccini

    Sam Houston State University, United States

    7 publications · 633 citations

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  3. DA
    Daniel A. Krauss

    Claremont McKenna College, United States

    5 publications · 155 citations

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  4. SS
    Shoba Sreenivasan

    University of Southern California, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  5. LE
    Linda E. Weinberger

    University of Southern California, United States

    4 publications · 157 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 13 publications · 356 citations

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  2. Behavioral Sciences & the Law

    9 publications · 472 citations

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  3. Psychology Public Policy and Law

    9 publications · 549 citations

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  4. Law and Human Behavior

    6 publications · 445 citations

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