Unpublished Paper
Throwing the Key Away: An Examination of New York's Sex Offender Commitment Law
ExpressO
(2008)
Abstract
This article examines the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act enacted by New York effective April 1, 2007. It examines the statute, its various flaws, the constitutional implications of those flaws, its effect on the State's judicial system, and the way in which the courts have construed it since it has been in effect.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2008
Citation Information
Joseph E Fahey. "Throwing the Key Away: An Examination of New York's Sex Offender Commitment Law" ExpressO (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph_fahey/3/