Jill Levenson
Jill Levenson
Jill S. Levenson is an American social worker and associate professor of social work at Barry University, known for her research into "the way society monitors and treats sexual criminals."...
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Here we're talking about somebody who was considered for civil commitment - a high-risk offender who is going to need intensive treatment and monitoring well after leaving the center - but there is nothing in the law that accounts for that.
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What happens is that these guys are being pushed farther and farther in to rural communities where they have less access to the treatment in mental health they need, less access to employment opportunities ... and they may be more difficult to monitor and supervise,
access difficult employment farther guys happens health less mental monitor pushed rural treatment
What happens is that these guys are being pushed farther and farther into rural communities, where they have less access to the treatment in mental health they need, less access to employment opportunities . . . and they may be more difficult to monitor and supervise,
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When people feel they have nothing and are hopeless, then that actually causes an increase in the likelihood that they'll return to the life of crime,