Concept information
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Kansas v. Hendricks
Definition
- At one time a person convicted of a crime who had paid his debt to society by serving his sentence was considered to be “a free man.” But in the late twentieth century, a backlash against the U.S. Supreme Court's expansion of rights for those accused of crimes spawned various movements to promote victims' rights. Victims of violent sex offenses, especially those committed against children, sought ways to protect themselves and others from further sexual assault. [Source: Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law; Kansas v. Hendricks]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1997
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Kansas_v._Hendricks
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