Miller Holly A, Amenta Amy E, Conroy Mary Alice
College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas 77341-2296, USA.
Law Hum Behav. 2005 Feb;29(1):29-54. doi: 10.1007/s10979-005-1398-y.
Several states have passed civil commitment laws that allow the precautionary detention of sex offenders who have completed their criminal sentences. Over 2,500 sex offenders have been committed across states with such statutes and several thousand more sex offenders have been evaluated. Most statutes call for an evaluation of risk by a mental health professional and, although each state statute is worded differently, three main elements common to sexually violent predator evaluations are used to guide evaluators: mental abnormality, volitional capacity, and likelihood of future sexual violence. The current article presents empirical evidence for the main tenants of these forensic evaluations, provides recommendations for evaluators in light of current limitations of evidence, and offers suggestions for future research in this area of forensic assessment.
几个州已经通过了民事收容法律，允许对已服完刑事刑期的性犯罪者进行预防性拘留。超过2500名性犯罪者已依据此类法规被收容，另有数千名性犯罪者已接受评估。大多数法规要求由心理健康专业人员进行风险评估，尽管每个州的法规措辞不同，但性暴力捕食者评估共有的三个主要要素被用来指导评估人员：精神异常、意志能力和未来性暴力的可能性。本文提供了这些法医评估主要原则的实证证据，鉴于当前证据的局限性为评估人员提供了建议，并为该法医评估领域的未来研究提供了建议。
