United States v. Shields’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
August 2009
most recently cited
1 district ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4247 · 18 U.S.C. § 4248
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Kansas v. Crane · 522 F. Supp. 2d 317 - United States v. Shields
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“A. Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally age 13 or younger); B. The person has acted on these sexual urges, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty; C. The person is at least age 16 years and at least 5 years older than the child or children in Criterion A. 120”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While I have considered Mr. Shields' scores on the actuarial instruments, these scores are not the primary basis upon which I rest my conclusion of sexual dangerousness.... Rather, as detailed above, I focused on Mr. Shields' past conduct, lack of successful sex offender treatment to date, and the testimony of the experts as a whole....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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