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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2) In 1997, the Supreme Court upheld the Kansas civil confinement statute in Kansas v.
How little control? Volition and the civil confinement of sexually violent predators
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