Part I. Sexually violent predator laws: problems
New generation of sex offender commitment laws: which states have them and how do they work? / W. Lawrence Fitch and Debra A. Hammen
State policy perspectives on sexual predator laws / Roxanne Lieb
Part II. Sex offenders and dangerousness
Who is dangerous and when are they safe? Risk assessment with sexual offenders / R. Karl Hanson
Evaluating offenders under a sexually violent predator law: the practical practice / Roy B. Lacoursiere
Part III. Sex offenders and treatment
What we know and don't know about treating adult sex offenders / Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris
Treatment and the civil commitment of sex offenders / Eric S. Janus
In the wake of Hendricks: the treatment and restraint of sexually dangerous offenders viewed from the perspective of American psychiatry / Howard V. Zonana, Richard J. Bonnie, and Steven K. Hoge
Part IV. Rationale, constitutionality, and morality of sexual predator commitment laws
Matching legal policies with known offenders / Leonore M. J. Simon
Bad or mad?: sex offenders and social control / Stephen J. Morse
"Even a dog ...": culpability, condemnation, and respect for persons / Robert F. Schopp
Sex offenders and the Supreme Court: the significance and limits of Kansas v. Hendricks / John Kip Cornwel
Part V. Alternative strategies for protecting the community
Therapeutic jurisprudence analysis of sex offender registration and community notification laws / Bruce J. Winick
Investing in the future of children: building programs for children or prisons for adult offenders / William D. Pithers, Alison Gray, and Michalle E. Davis
Chemical castration of sex offenders: treatment or punishment? / Robert D. Miller
Community containment of sex offender risk: a promising approach / Kim English, Linda Jones, and Diane Patrick
Part VI. Evaluating the wisdom of sexually violent predator laws
Costs of enacting a sexual predator law and recommendations for keeping them from skyrocketing / John Q. La Fond
Managing the monstrous: sex offenders and the new penology / Jonathan Simon
Therapeutic jurisprudence assessment of sexually violent predator laws / Bruce J. Winick.