Jackson Rebecca L, Richards Henry J
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Jun;51(3):313-23. doi: 10.1177/0306624X06292874.
Since 1990, 17 states have passed legislation allowing for the civil commitment of a small number of sex offenders who are deemed at a particularly high risk for reoffense. Despite the very public and controversial nature of these laws, little is known about the individuals who are detained pursuant to them. The current article presents data on 190 civilly committed and detained sexually violent predators in Washington State. These sexual offenders suffer from a variety of mental illnesses. The modal offender is diagnosed with both an Axis I and an Axis II disorder. Furthermore, these offenders are at moderate to high risk for reoffense and present with a significant degree of psychopathy.
自1990年以来，已有17个州通过立法，允许对一小部分被认为再次犯罪风险特别高的性犯罪者进行民事收容。尽管这些法律具有很高的公众关注度和争议性，但对于依据这些法律被拘留的个人却知之甚少。本文提供了华盛顿州190名被民事收容和拘留的性暴力掠夺者的数据。这些性犯罪者患有多种精神疾病。典型的犯罪者被诊断患有轴I和轴II障碍。此外，这些犯罪者再次犯罪的风险为中度到高度，并且表现出相当程度的精神病态。
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