Hidden Research

Why did California destroy research into a group of people it says are dangerous enough to be locked up indefinitely? Read this insightful and in-depth article on Reason.com about studies conducted by psychologist Jesus Padilla and colleagues at California's Atascadero State Hospital about civil commitment and recidivism rates among those deemed sexual violent predators. McEntee called as a witness Jesus Padilla, one of Atascadero's psychologists. Padilla was four...

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