How the Professional Judgment Standard Could Undermine the Validity of Sexually Violent Predator Laws

Authors

David W. Nordsieck, Washington University School of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Law Review

Abstract

The Article presents common features of the statutory schemes for the involuntary dedication of sexually violent predators in the U.S. in 2011. It examines several cases in the Supreme Court that shed some light on how the treatment that is offered to sexually violent predators might impact the constitutionality of their confinement. It discusses the consequences and proprietary of the professional judgment standard as a way to evaluate challenges to treatment.

Recommended Citation

David W. Nordsieck, How the Professional Judgment Standard Could Undermine the Validity of Sexually Violent Predator Laws, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1281 (2011).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol88/iss5/5