Best Practices in SVP Facilities
Author: Jackson Tay Bosley, Psy.D..; Philip H. Witt, Ph.D..
Source: Volume 16, Number 06, October/November 2015 , pp.81-86(6)
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Abstract:
Twenty states now have some form of sexual civil commitment, falling broadly within a long tradition of United States laws designed to provide for specialized treatment of sex offenders. Until SVP laws are repealed, these states would benefit from recommendations regarding best practices in SVP programs. The following article is based in part on the authors’ recent experience as external program evaluators for New Jersey’s sexually violent predator facility, the Special Treatment Unit of the Ann Klein Forensic Center and focuses on the latter three stages of SVP programs: management during commitment, discharge, and aftercare.Keywords: justifying involuntary civil commitment; treatment incentives; likelihood of release in a given program; evaluation and treatment components; programs, housing, and support services for cognitively impaired individuals; aging SVP population; reintegr
Affiliations:
1: Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care; 2: American Board of Forensic Psychology.