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The legal standard of volitional impairment: An analysis of substantive due process and the United States Supreme Court's decision in Kansas v. Hendricks

✍ Patricia E Erickson 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 109 KB

This article considers the substantive due process issues concerning the involuntary commitment of sexually violent offenders following criminal incarceration. In Kansas v. Hendricks, the United States Supreme Court upheld a Kansas statute permitting the civil commitment of ''sexually violent predat