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Sex Offender Civil Commitment and Lack of Volitional Control: What Does Kansas v. Hendricks Require?

Author: Stephen R. McAllister.

Source: Volume 02, Number 03, April/May 2001 , pp.33-36(4)

Abstract:

In Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346 (1997), the Supreme Court upheld the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act against several federal constitutional challenges. Numerous states have used the Kansas law as a model for their own civil commitment laws.

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Affiliations: 1: University of Kansas School of Law.