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· 6/15/2000

In Re Detention of Walker

Citations

  • 731 N.E.2d 994
  • 314 Ill. App. 3d 282
  • 247 Ill. Dec. 221
  • 2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 494

How courts have described this case

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  • according to respondent’s expert, “the research is very clear in stating that the most accurate predictions of the risk of future offenses are those based upon actuarial assessments of probability”
  • according to respondent's expert, \the research is very clear in stating that the most accurate predictions of the risk of future offenses are those based upon actuarial assessments of probability\
  • according to respondent’s expert, “the research is very clear in stating that the most accurate predictions of the risk of future offenses are those based upon actuarial assessments of probability”
  • alleged victims’ physical characteristics do not have to be known to determine whether diagnosis of pedophilia is proper.
  • the DSM-IV is the standard for diagnoses in the United States by psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers
  • “We reject the notion that the question of substantial probability under the Act can be reduced to mere percentages.”

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Judges: Garman

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