“SVPA laws and practices refer to “mental abnormalities,” which sounds scientific. But the American Psychiatric Association has opposed such laws, citing their abuse of civil liberties and the use of unscientific ‘disorders’ as the basis for punishment. In practice, designation as a sexually violent predator (SVP) is not based on substantial scientific research, and the therapy received by detainees in ‘treatment facilities’ is based more on passing fads than on careful scholarship.”
Read the article by civil rights attorney Philip Fornaci and NCRJ Dircetor Roger Lancaster in the Washington Post.
