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Part I. Sexually Violent Predator Laws: Problems and Solutions 25
Chapter 1. The New Generation of Sex Offender
Commitment Laws: Which States Have Them
and How Do They Work? 27
W. Lawrence Fitch and Debra A. Hammen
Chapter 2. State Policy Perspectives on Sexual
Predator Laws 41
Roxanne Lieb
Part II. Sex Offenders and Dangerousness 61
Chapter 3. Who Is Dangerous and When Are They Safe?
Risk Assessment With Sexual Offenders 63
R. Karl Hanson
Chapter 4. Evaluating Offenders Under a Sexually Violent
Predator Law: The Practical Practice 75
Roy B. Lacoursiere
Part III. Sex Offenders and Treatment 99
Chapter 5. What We Know and Don't Know About Treating
Adult Sex Offenders 101
Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris
Chapter 6. Treatment and the Civil Commitment of
Sex Offenders 119
Eric S. Janus
Chapter 7. In the Wake of Hendricks: The Treatment and
Restraint of Sexually Dangerous Offenders Viewed
From the Perspective of American Psychiatry 131
Howard V. Zonana, Richard J. Bonnie,
and Steven K. Hoge
Part IV. The Rationale, Constitutionality, and Morality of Sexual
Predator Commitment Laws 147
Chapter 8. Matching Legal Policies With Known
Offenders 149
Leonore M. J. Simon
Chapter 9. Bad or Mad?: Sex Offenders and Social
Control 165
Stephen J. Morse
Chapter 10. "Even a Dog ...": Culpability, Condemnation,
and Respect for Persons 183
Robert F. Schopp
Chapter 11. Sex Offenders and the Supreme Court:
The Significance and Limits of Kansas v.
Hendricks 197
John Kip Cornwel
Part V. Alternative Strategies for Protecting the Community 211
Chapter 12. A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Analysis of Sex
Offender Registration and Community
Notification Laws 213
Bruce J. Winick
Chapter 13. Investing in the Future of Children: Building
Programs for Children or Prisons for
Adult Offenders 231
William D. Pithers, Alison Gray, and
Michalle E. Davis
Chapter 14. Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders: Treatment
or Punishment? 249
Robert D. Miller
Chapter 15. Community Containment of Sex Offender Risk:
A Promising Approach 265
Kim English, Linda Jones, and Diane Patrick
Part VI. Evaluating the Wisdom of Sexually Violent Predator Laws 281
Chapter 16. The Costs of Enacting a Sexual Predator Law and
Recommendations for Keeping Them
From Skyrocketing 283
John Q. La Fond
Chapter 17. Managing the Monstrous: Sex Offenders and the
New Penology 301
Jonathan Simon
Chapter 18. A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Assessment of
Sexually Violent Predator Laws 317
Bruce J. Winick
Conclusion 333