Kansas v. Hendricks

A US Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of civil commitment of sexual predators for treatment until they are safe to be released into society, and set forth procedures for the indefinite commitment of sex offenders that a state deems dangerous due to a mental disorder

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Kansas v. Hendricks: Addressing Due Process Challenges to Civil

others." (18) In Kansas v. Hendricks, the State sought to civilly

Construing Crane: examining how state courts have applied its lack-of-control standard

The Supreme Court dealt with the issue of treatment in even greater depth in Kansas v. Hendricks (72) Leroy Hendricks was a habitual child molester and the first target (73) of Kansas's newly enacted Sexually Violent Predator Act.

How the professional judgment standard could undermine the validity of sexually violent predator laws

Current legal definitions of what constitutes a sexually violent predator can be viewed in light of three recent Supreme Court decisions: (1) in Kansas v. Hendricks (1997), (2) in Seling v.

Differences in legal and medical standards in determining sexually violent predator status

In 1997, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Act in Kansas v. Hendricks. (22) However, just five years later, the Court last Term in Kansas v.

The need for coherence: states' civil commitment of sex offenders in the wake of Kansas v. Crane

In the absence of viable alternatives, the group approached Michigan lawmakers, asking for new legislation consistent with the recently issued Kansas v. Hendricks ruling.

Lethal predators and future dangerousness

(2) In 1997, the Supreme Court upheld the Kansas civil confinement statute in Kansas v. Hendricks. (3) The Court decided that a state could civilly confine a previously incarcerated sexually violent predator, due to the likelihood that the offender could engage in future criminal acts.

How little control? Volition and the civil confinement of sexually violent predators

In the first go-round, Kansas v. Hendricks, Justice Clarence Thomas held in his majority opinion that there were no constitutional defects in the Kansas SVP statute, which is typical of laws in other states that have codified this new use of civil commitment.

Irresistible impulses. (Guest Editorial)

In Kansas v. Hendricks, the Court held that because "the Act does not establish criminal proceedings and ...

Fighting the devil we don't know: Kansas v. Hendricks, a case study exploring the civilization of criminal punishment and its ineffectiveness in preventing child sexual abuse

KANSAS V. HENDRICKS: THE SUBSTANTIVE LIMITS OF THE PREVENTIVE STATE

The limits of the preventive state

Supreme Court ruled in Kansas v. Hendricks that the state may brand sex offenders as "violent sexual predators" and commit them indefinitely after they have served their full prison sentences, based on speculation about what they might do in the future.

Shades of the Gulag

The Supreme Court erred in Kansas v. Hendricks by allowing the civil commitment of Leroy Hendricks under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act.