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Essays
The Rise of the Preventive State
Pre-crime isn't science fiction, says Eric Janus. It's our system of civil commitment.
Essays
Our Deeply Flawed Civil Commitment System
David Prescott acknowledges the many failures of our civil commitment system: If we're going to do this, we'd better do it right.
Essays
Questionable Commitments
A young man sits behind bars. But he isn't in prison. He's being held, and treated, simply because the state thinks he might commit a crime.
Issues
Civil Commitment and Civil Liberties
A debate about the involuntary civil commitment of the mentally ill and sex offenders in the American justice system.
