Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This comment examines the progression of involuntary civil commitment statutes for repeat sex offenders beginning in the 1930's and moving into the 1990's in terms of statutory changes and improvements. This comment also illustrates why these involuntary commitment statutes are the best solution to curb sexual predation with an eye towards the ultimate protection of the public. Finally, this comment stresses the need for a uniform act designed to incorporate those aspects of the currently existing sex predator statutes which best protect the community from repeat sex offenders.
First Page
351
Last Page
386
Publication Date
5-1-1998
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Lisa A.
(1998)
"No Longer Free to Offend: Involuntary Civil Commitment Statutes for Sexual Predators Create the Basis for a Uniform Act,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 18:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Suggested Citation
Lisa A. Wilson, Comment, No Longer Free to Offend: Involuntary Civil Commitment Statutes for Sexual Predators Create the Basis for a Uniform Act, 18 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 351 (1998).
