Sexually violent predator laws
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Some jurisdictions may commit certain types of dangerous sex offenders to state-run detention facilities following the completion of their sentence if that person has a "mental abnormality" or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in sexual offenses if not confined in a secure facility.
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See also
- California Proposition 83 (2006)
- Imprisonment for public protection (England and Wales)
- Preventive detention
- Recidivism
- Sex offender
- Sex offender registry
- Sexual predator
- Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (Supreme Court of the United States, 2003)
- United States v. Comstock
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