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Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a multipart of series discussing the commitment process. Part I provided a general overview of the evolution of commitment procedures. (Warren Maas, “Erosion of Constitutional Rights in Commitment of Sex Offenders, Part I,” 6 (5) SLR 65 (Aug./Sept. 2005).) The second and third installments continued the discussion. (Warren Maas, “Erosion of Constitutional Rights in Commitment of Sex Offenders, Part II,” 6 (6) SLR 81 (Oct./Nov. 2005); Warren Maas, “Erosion of Constitutional Rights in Commitment of Sex Offenders, Part III,” 7 (1) SLR 6 (Dec./Jan. 2006).) The fourth part, below, analyses the various legal reasons why civil commitment is permitted and the reality of this supposedly transitional remedy.

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Affiliations:  1: Hennepin County Commitment Defense Project.