[USA] The Function of punishment in the civil commitment of sexually violent predators
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 437 - 448, Special Issue: Current Directions. Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114229353/ABSTRACT
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Volume 25, Issue 4, Pages 437 - 448, Special Issue: Current Directions. Issue Edited by Charles Patrick Ewing.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114229353/ABSTRACT
Kevin M. Carlsmith, John Monahan, Alison Evans
"Two experiments find that support for civil commitment procedures for sexually violent predators is based primarily upon the retributive rather than incapacitative goals of respondents. Respondents were sensitive to likelihood of recidivism only when the initial sentence was sufficiently punitive. When initial sentence was lenient, respondents strongly supported civil commitment without regard to future risk."
"Two experiments find that support for civil commitment procedures for sexually violent predators is based primarily upon the retributive rather than incapacitative goals of respondents. Respondents were sensitive to likelihood of recidivism only when the initial sentence was sufficiently punitive. When initial sentence was lenient, respondents strongly supported civil commitment without regard to future risk."
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