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  • 020501

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  • Published 2005.
  • 8 pages.

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Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators: Comparing State Laws

Publication year: 2005 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Key elements of SVP (sexually violent predator) laws are compared. Sections of this report are: summary; state comparisons -- breadth of civil commitment law and release/discharge decision; costs of SVP laws; program descriptions and commitment data table; program costs as reported by states table; other state SVP comparison surveys; and contacts. Seventeen states have SVP laws resulting in a total national operating cost of $224 million.
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