Explain SVPs and discuss concerns associated with them.
What will be an ideal response?
SVPs are sexually violent predator statutes that allow for the commitment of violent sex offenders to mental institutions for indeterminate periods, against their will, after they have completed their prison sentences. The Supreme Court has allowed civil commitment of sex offenders; however, there have been many issues raised about ethics. For example, most state statutes don’t guarantee treatment and commitment seems to result in very lengthy confinement. Involuntary commitment is exceedingly expensive. Concerns with risk assessment also apply to the civil commitment of SVPs. The American Psychiatric Association has publicly denounced the practice of civil commitment for sex offenders; however, the American Psychological Association has taken no position on the practice and evaluations of civil involuntary commitments of sex offenders.
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