Sexual Predator Civil Commitment: A Comparison of Selected and Released Offenders
Sexual Predator Civil Commitment: A Comparison of Selected and Released Offenders
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性掠夺者的民事承诺：选定和释放的罪犯的比较
DOI：
10.1177/0306624x04265089
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
J. Levenson
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作者：
J. Levenson
这项研究比较了两组根据佛罗里达的《吉米·赖斯法案》被考虑民事承诺的性犯罪者：229名被法医评估人员建议民事承诺的性犯罪者和221名被建议释放的性犯罪者。据推测，选定的罪犯将更有可能显示性犯罪累犯的危险因素比那些谁不符合标准。数据分析显示，选定的罪犯作为一个群体，在精算风险评估工具上得分高得多。在其他与性再犯相关的风险因素方面，两组之间也存在显着差异。选定的罪犯有较高的频率性变态诊断和反社会人格。这些研究结果支持的假设，并建议评估者正确地选择民事承诺的性犯罪者谁有一个心理异常，使他们容易遭受性暴力，谁是在更高的风险重新犯罪。
This study compared two groups of sex offenders who were considered for civil commitment under Florida’s Jimmy Ryce Act: Two hundred twenty-nine sex offenders who were recommended by forensic evaluators to be civilly committed and 221 sex offenders who were recommended for release. It was hypothesized that selected offenders would be more likely to display risk factors for sex offense recidivism than those who did not meet criteria. Data analyses revealed that selected offenders, as a group, scored significantly higher on actuarial risk assessment instruments. There were also significant differences between the groups on other risk factors that have been empirically correlated with sexual recidivism. Selected offenders had higher frequencies of paraphilia diagnoses and antisocial personality. These findings supported the hypotheses and suggested that evaluators are correctly selecting for civil commitment those sex offenders who have a mental abnormality predisposing them to sexual violence and who are at higher risk for reoffense.