Concept information
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social problems encyc
crime and deviance
community corrections
theory and treatment in the community
Preferred term
sexual predators: civil commitment
Definition
- Currently there are about 636,000 registered sex offenders, and an additional 234,000 sex offenders are under correctional supervision, including prisons, jails, probation, and parole. Each year, between 9,000 and 10,000 of these offenders are released into the community. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Sexual Predators: Civil Commitment]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sexual_predators:_civil_commitment
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