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15 U. Puget Sound L. Rev. 709 (1991-1992)
The Constitutionality and Morality of Civilly Committing Violent Sexual Predators

handle is hein.journals/sealr15 and id is 717 raw text is: The Constitutionality and Morality of Civilly Committing Violent Sexual Predators Alexander D. Brooks* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction .......................................... 709 II. Selecting Offenders for Treatment .................. 714 III. Preventive Detention ................................. 716 IV. The Mental Pathology Component .................. 726 A. Personality Disorder ............................. 727 B. Mental Abnormality ............................. 729 V. The Efficacy of Treatment ........................... 733 VI. Predictions of Future Violent Behavior ............. 735 A. Methodological Flaws ............................ 740 1. Excluding and Ignoring Significant Sam ples ....................................... 742 2. Inadequate Outcome Criteria ................ 744 3. Undetected Behavior ......................... 744 4. Confusing the Individual with the Average. 746 5. Applying Findings From One Cohort to a Diffferent Cohort ............................ 747 6. Variations in the Definition of Dangerousness ................................ 749 B. Actuarial Bases of Prediction .................... 749 C. The Recent Overt Act Requirement ............ 750 V II. Conclusion ............................................ 751 I. INTRODUCTION In enacting its new Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) statute,1 the Washington legislature has broken new ground with a unique approach to dealing with a small group of extremely violent sex offenders. This novel statute has gener- * Justice Joseph Weintraub Professor of Law Emeritus, Rutgers Law School, Newark, and Associate, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University. 1. WASH. REV. CODE ch. 71.09 (Supp. 1990-91).

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