Overview

Research on recidivism tools for women lags significantly behind that on men. Additionally, what little research there is on the risk assessment of women is often limited and does not specifically address mental health issues.

Summary

This study specifically looked at 525 German women who were admitted to a German Psychiatric Hospital at the request of the courts.

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Overview

A paper examining the complexities of using a paraphilia diagnosis for Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) civil commitment after the completion of sentencing.

Summary

Many states have laws that allow for those individuals who are deemed to be Sexually Violent Predators to be civilly committed after they have completed their sentences. 

Though the constitutionality of these laws has been challenged, they have been held up based on the rulings of Kansas v Hendricks and Kansas v Crane. Essential to the statute is that the individual have a “mental abnormality,” or defect.

This abnormality must also have overcome their volitional control which allowed them to commit a sexual offense. 

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