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Advances in Sexual Offense Policy Research: Civil Commitments and Judicial Decision-Making

Thu, Nov 16, 9:30 to 10:50am, Marriott, Room 404, 4th Floor

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Areas of discussion will include: When Mitigation Becomes Aggravation: The Danger of Over-Reliance on Scientific Evidence in Sex Offender Sentencing Hearings; The General Acceptability of Diagnoses Used in Sex Offender Civil Commitment Cases; “The Strings in the Books Ain’t Pulled and Persuaded”: How the Use of Improper Statistics and Unverified Data Corrupts the Judicial Process in Sex Offender Cases; and Second generation litigation challenging sex offender laws: developing a strategic approach.

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