Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Madison, WI, USA.
Sex Abuse. 2009 Dec;21(4):395-411. doi: 10.1177/1079063209347723.
Nearly 20 years after the first sexually violent person (SVP) statutes were introduced in the United States, the civil commitment of sex offenders remains controversial. SVP laws require that a sex offender has a mental condition that predisposes them to commit sex offenses and poses a high risk to reoffend because of serious difficulty controlling behavior. The controversy over the commitment of sex offenders is fueled by different interpretations of those key constructs. This article reviews those constructs; evaluates them from clinical, epidemiologic, and legal perspectives; and proposes interpretations that address both the major criticisms of civil commitment and the challenges in SVP assessment.
将近 20 年后，美国首次引入了性暴力者（SVP）法规，对性犯罪者的民事拘留仍然存在争议。SVP 法律要求性犯罪者患有某种精神疾病，使其易犯性犯罪，并由于严重难以控制行为而构成再次犯罪的高风险。对性犯罪者的拘留争议是由对这些关键概念的不同解释所引发的。本文回顾了这些概念；从临床、流行病学和法律角度对它们进行了评估；并提出了一些解释，既解决了对民事拘留的主要批评，也解决了 SVP 评估中的挑战。
