Essays about: "U. S. Constitution and constitutional rights"

Found 1 essay containing the words U. S. Constitution and constitutional rights.

  1. 1. A sexually violent predator - a rupture in U.S criminal punishment; a content analysis of the media response

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ida Hillerup Hansen; [2014]
    Keywords : sexually violent predator; pedophile anxiety; ableism disability ; U. S. Constitution and constitutional rights; civil commitment; treatment imperative;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated a rupture in the U. S. legal tradition of punishing sexual crime, initiatedby The Community Protection Act of 1990 and the Sexually Violent Predator Statute, that defined the criminal subject as a sexually violent predator. Thus, with this definition was initiated a new legislative innovation. READ MORE