Sexually violent predators and civil commitment: is selection evidence based?

Autor:	Geoffrey R. McKee, Shayna A. Wrighten, R. Gregg Dwyer, Robert Moran, Marlene B. Al-Barwani
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	South carolina Younger age Evidence-based practice Recidivism social sciences Criminology humanities Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Substance use Database research Psychology health care economics and organizations Selection (genetic algorithm)
Zdroj:	The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 26:652-666
ISSN:	1478-9957 1478-9949
Popis:	Sexual offenses represent an alarming proportion of crimes committed yearly. To address these concerns, several states, including South Carolina (SC), have enacted laws requiring sexually violent predators (SVPs) to be civilly committed to treatment. To date, no published study has examined sexual offenders recommended for treatment in SC. This study used a specially designed statewide database (SC-SVP research database) to determine which offender and offense characteristics were associated with increased likelihood of being recommended for civil commitment. Factors correlated with being more likely to be recommended included: being of a younger age at time of evaluation, prior sex convictions, having related and unrelated victims, a higher number of victims, frequent substance use, and a history of suicide attempts. Prior sex convictions, having both related and non-related victims, and a higher total number of victims align with characteristics associated with sexual recidivism. Frequent substance abus...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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