Extended supervision or civil commitment for managing the risk of sexual offenders : public safety and individual rights Vess, James 2009, Extended supervision or civil commitment for managing the risk of sexual offenders : public safety and individual rights, Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 70-78. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads vess-extendedsupervisonor-2009-2.pdf Published version application/pdf 112.04KB 390 Title Extended supervision or civil commitment for managing the risk of sexual offenders : public safety and individual rights Author(s) Vess, James Journal name Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand Volume number 1 Issue number 2 Start page 70 End page 78 Publisher Australia and New Zealand Association for Treatment of Sexual Abuse (A N Z A T S A) Place of publication Haymarket, N.S.W. Publication date 2009-01 ISSN 1833-8488 Summary Since the early 1990’s, there has been a proliferation of legislative initiatives in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australasia that are intended to improve public protection from high risk sexual offenders. These laws include extended supervision of sexual offenders once released from prison and indefinite involuntary civil commitment to secure treatment facilities following the expiration of a prison sentence. The enactment of these laws has sparked intense debate and numerous legal challenges on a variety of issues, including the need to strike a proper balance between public safety and the rights of individual offenders. Recent challenges to Extended Supervision Orders in New Zealand have included the assertion that this approach is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act. This article compares the use of Extended Supervision Orders in New Zealand to the use of civil commitment of Sexually Violent Predators in the United States, and particularly in California, which currently confines the largest number of offenders under this type of commitment. It is argued that Extended Supervision is more flexible, less intrusive, less punitive, and less costly than civil commitment. The degree to which it is effective in improving public safety remains an empirical question. Language eng Field of Research 170104 Forensic Psychology Socio Economic Objective 940408 Rehabilitation and Correctional Services HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, ANZATSA Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035299 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 01 Jun 2011, 13:23:28 EST Thu, 02 Jun 2011, 09:12:47 EST Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 16:24:01 EST Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 16:26:10 EST Mon, 13 Jun 2011, 16:27:34 EST Tue, 19 Feb 2013, 10:18:54 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 17:10:56 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:50:53 EST Mon, 22 Jan 2018, 14:02:53 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:04:48 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 448 Abstract Views, 396 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 01 Jun 2011, 13:23:21 EST by Jane Moschetti