How has the case of Kansas v. Hendricks affected the way sex offenders are handled in the system?
What will be an ideal response?
Kansas v. Hendricks upheld Kansas’s Sexually Violent Predator Act, which allowed for keeping sex offenders in state custody under civil commitment laws after they have served their full prison terms if they demonstrate “mental abnormality” or are said to have a “personality disorder.” Other states proceeded to pass similar legislation.
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A. Informal, Formal B. Formal, Informal C. Open, Closed D. Closed, Open
______ is Marx and Engels's statement that crime was simply the product of unjust and alienating social conditions came to be known as this hypothesis.
A. Primitive rebellion B. Proletariat rebellion C. Primitive revolution D. Proletariat revolution
In Chapter 1, which of the following is not specifically listed as a factor that affects how a user experiences a drug?
A. cultural factors B. personal factors C. contextual factors D. social factors
This justice perspective advocates standardization of rules and regulations within the criminal justice system
a. Nonintervention b. Due process c. Equal justice d. Rehabilitation