Nebraska Leaders Get Behind Push For Civil Commitment For Sex Offenders

Corrections Digest;  March 3, 2006 ;     461 words ......coalesced behind a program of lifetime civil commitment for violent child molesters. Although...of $140 million in fiscal 2005. A civil commitment program would cost an estimated $14...assigned between 90 and 110 offenders to civil commitment each year. The report said estimated...

Sex offenders, mental illness and criminal responsibility: The...

American Journal of Law and Medicine;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......are confined involuntarily.3 Because civil commitment is not predicated on any alleged criminal conduct, public policy justifies civil commitment on either of two competing rationales...Despite the merits of either rationale, civil commitment comes with a price: the substantial...

The Search for Due Process in Civil Commitment Hearings: How Procedural...

Vanderbilt Law Review;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...I. INTRODUCTION The civil commitment of mentally ill individuals...increased and decreased levels of civil commitment offer compelling case studies...like these demonstrate that civil commitment statutes must strike a balance...

Civil Commitment - The American Experience

The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: The evolution of U.S. civil commitment law needs to be understood...economic changes. American civil commitment law has reflected the swinging...social attitudes towards civil commitment, oscillating between more...

Good lawyering and bad role models: The role of respondent's counsel in a...

The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......representing the respondent in a civil commitment hearing. The attorney for a respondent facing civil commitment must deal with a professional...accused in a criminal trial. The civil commitment lawyer, however, does not have...

Best practice management strategies for mental health nurses during the...

Contemporary Nurse;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......during the clinical application of civil commitment of mentally ill persons. Method: A...literature search on 'coercion' and 'civil commitment' was undertaken using MEDLINE, CINAHL...This research considered the use of civil commitment during admission to acute mental health...

The diagnostic issue of antisocial personality disorder in civil...

Journal of Psychiatry & Law;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......absent any paraphilia to recommend civil commitment as a sexually violent predator is...of ASPD in isolation as a basis for civil commitment recommendations of sexually violent...disorder; sexually violent predator; civil commitment; sex offender; risk assessment. DeClue...

SEN. MARCHI APPLAUDS NYS SENATE PASSAGE OF BILL PROVIDING FOR CIVIL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 17, 2006 ;     320 words ......Volker, R-Erie, which provides for civil commitment of sexual predators after they have...sexual violence by providing for their civil commitment at secure treatment facilities. "It...settings pending disposition of the civil commitment process. "With the passage of this...

ASSEMBLYMAN MOSIELLO CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON CIVIL COMMITMENT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 19, 2006 ;     379 words ......push for immediate action on civil commitment. He joined his Assembly minority...joint conference committee on civil commitment." Mosiello noted the Assembly minority has pushed for a civil commitment law for 13 years, but their...

STATE SENATE PASSES CIVIL COMMITMENT LEGISLATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 30, 2007 ;     348 words ......legislation today that would provide for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators at a...that the Senate has again acted on civil commitment legislation, bringing the state one...bill passed today provides for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; sets...

The Mediation Approach: Representing Clients with Mental Illness in Civil...

The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......receive help for their condition. Civil commitment is a judicial means of providing medical...representing a mentally ill client in a civil commitment proceeding. Part I recounts the historical...development of legal standards for civil commitment and describes the lack of guidance...

CIVIL COMMITMENT LEGISLATION PASSES SENATE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 5, 2007 ;     455 words ......legislation (S.3318) that would legalize civil commitment in New York, the final vote was an...Governor. The bill provides for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators, at...Control Committee and is a pioneer of civil commitment legislation in New York, noted, "I'...

SEN. FLANAGAN ANNOUNCES SENATE PASSAGE OF CIVIL COMMITMENT LEGISLATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 5, 2007 ;     614 words ......sponsored that would provide for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators at a...Massachusetts, that already utilize civil commitment to protect the public. The rate of...pose a threat to our communities. Civil commitment would provide the necessary treatment...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BRUNO CHOOSES MEIER TO SERVE ON CIVIL COMMITMENT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 26, 2006 ;     291 words ......bill that would require the civil commitment of sexually violent predators...been a strong advocate of civil commitment legislation for several years...predators. With the enaction of civil commitment legislation we can protect...

SEN. LAVALLE: CIVIL COMMITMENT BILL PASSES SENATE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 31, 2007 ;     330 words ......announced that the Senate passed a civil commitment measure that would protect the public...According to Senator LaValle, the Senate civil commitment measure keeps sexually violent criminals...has repeatedly upheld involuntary civil commitment of dangerous persons who are unable...