The sex offender: Lessons from the California experience

Oliver, Anthony D.

doi:10.1016/0160-2527(82)90033-4

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“…In 1944, California replaced its sexual psychopath law with an alternative sentence known as the Mentally Disordered Sex Offender (MDSO) law (Monahan & Davis, 1983; Oliver, 1982; Steadman et al, 1982). Individuals who met the criteria and agreed to treatment were treated at a secure psychiatric hospital.…”

Section: A Brief History Of Sex Offender Civil Commitment (Socc)mentioning

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A Preliminary Analysis of Sexual Recidivism and Predictive Validity of the Static-99R in Men Discharged From State Hospitals Pursuant to California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act

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We examined the recidivism rates and the predictive validity of the Static-99R in 335 men who were detained or civilly committed and released from California State Hospitals pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Act, and followed up for approximately 21 years from date of hospital admission. In all, 8.7% were arrested or convicted for a new sexual offense during the total follow-up ( N = 335) and 7.8% over a fixed 5-year follow-up ( n = 205). The Static-99R demonstrated small in magnitude discrimination for sexual, violent, and general recidivism (area under the curve [AUC]/C = .56 to .63). Calibration analyses, conducted through expected/observed (E/O) index, demonstrated that the Static-99R overpredicted sexual recidivism, irrespective of whether the Routine or High Risk/Need norms were used. Observed recidivism rates were lower than predicted by Static-99R scores and may be the result of the sample’s older age at release, lengthy hospitalization, or other factors.

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Section: A Brief History Of Sex Offender Civil Commitment (Socc)mentioning

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A Preliminary Analysis of Sexual Recidivism and Predictive Validity of the Static-99R in Men Discharged From State Hospitals Pursuant to California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act

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“…En citant des recherches montrant la grande imprécision des évaluations de dangerosité et la faible efficacité des traitements pour les personnes incarcérées en vertu des lois sur la psychopathie sexuelle, les défenseurs des libertés individuelles ont réussi à faire abolir ces dernières lois et à mettre fin à l'internement indéter-miné et au traitement involontaire. A travers les États-Unis, on s'éloigna des lois sur la psychopathie sexuelle et, plus généralement, des sentences indéterminées (Serril, 1977c;McGee, 1978 (Oliver, 1982). En 1981, l'État de Washington a adopté sa loi Sentencing Reform Act, qui, en se basant sur une combinaison des condamnations courantes et passées, établissait un éventail standard de sentences pour tous les crimes.…”

Section: Le Modèle Juridique : La Démystification De La Dangerositéunclassified

Modèles de dangerosité : les contrevenants sexuels et la loi

Petrunik¹

2005

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The history of dangerous offender legislation reveals a selective focus on few sexual and violent offenders many of whom are not demonstrably more dangerous than most of the offenders from the larger pool of sexual and violent offenders from which they are drawn. To the extent such legislation draws attention from routine frequently occuring forms of violence in favour of the violence of a few predatory offenders it is clearly problematic. Nonetheless, there are good reasons such legislation is likely to be retained and perhaps modified to place a greater emphasis on community protection.

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“…The assessment of the dangerous sexual offender, often within the parameters of special legislation, is one such example. Anthony Oliver [9], persuasively argues that such legislation is a misuse of psychiatry for purposes of social control and that it 'represents the gravest risk to our scientific and moral status'. Not infrequently, legislation of this nature requires one or more medical practitioner or psychiatrist who is prepared to state that the individual is unable to control his or her sexual instincts.…”

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Pivotal Issues in Forensic Psychiatry

O'Brien

1998

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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Australasian psychiatry faces significant problems with respect to maldistribution of services. Governments are becoming more radical in their attempts to address this maldistribution and this has ethical implications for the profession itself and the practice of forensic psychiatry. Greater emphasis on the development of integrated and community-based forensic services, with leadership being provided by the profession itself, may deflect some of the present criticism, thereby allowing the subspecialty to more fully mature and develop with the approach of the new millennium.

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The sex offender: Lessons from the California experience

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

A Preliminary Analysis of Sexual Recidivism and Predictive Validity of the Static-99R in Men Discharged From State Hospitals Pursuant to California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act

A Preliminary Analysis of Sexual Recidivism and Predictive Validity of the Static-99R in Men Discharged From State Hospitals Pursuant to California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act

Modèles de dangerosité : les contrevenants sexuels et la loi

Pivotal Issues in Forensic Psychiatry

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