CRM J 205 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I Disparity in the Process II Political Function III Symbolic Assailant IV 1960s When This All Happened V Authoritarian Function VI Key Flexibility VII Grine and History Outline of Current Lecture Deciding Justice I Side Point Risk Assessments in the Court II Baxstrom v Herold Case III Sex Offenders IV Research Problems Current Lecture I Side Point Risk Assessments in the Court a For a majority of the twentieth century the assessment of violence risk only psychiatrists were deemed to be sufficiently qualified to provide predictions based solely on the basis of their clinical expertise b By 1955 more than half a million individuals were held in state ran psychiatric institutions Often placed there as a form of preventive detention as deemed dangerous II Baxstrom v Herold Case a Raised doubts about clinicians ability to effectively predict violence b Steadman and Cocozza 1974 Found strong support for the conflict that clinicians making dangerous determinations tended to over predict future violence c Of the 966 individuals their study followed all where psychiatric determined to be dangerous only 20 were criminally convicted during the studies 4 year follow up period and majority were non violence offenses III Sex Offenders a Since 1990 17 states have adopted civil commitment laws for sexual predators These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute b Individuals who are committed under these statutes will spend on average a decade in a locked institutional setting c In these cases it is deemed that it is too risky to leave crime prevention in the hands of the public and the police d About 5 of sex offenders in these states will be involuntarily committed into these facilities e Sex offenders are a heterogeneous group in term of re arrest This suggests that the blanket application of sex offender registration and community notification laws do little to promote public safety Sample Brey 2006 Sex Offenders Everyone has the right without distinction as to race color or national or ethnic origin to equality before the law f Throughout the last century sex offender have been prominently in the evolution of the of dangerousness and risk assessment practices g Assessment of sex offenders can be traced back to as far as 1886 h Sexual psychopath laws of the 1930s and 1950s During this period of time hundreds of thousands of sexual offenders were detained in psychiatric facilities on the basis of dangerousness IV Research Problems a African Americans and Latinos Receive Considerable research However Latinos primary associated with research on immigration or special problems with language barriers b Asian Americans vastly understudied Historically policy has been focused on immigration law exclusion and deportation c Native Americans Limited outside of exploratory research
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