In Re the Detention of Pierce

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• explaining that the respondent was in the high risk category on the same instrument which was associated with a fifty-two percent rate of recon-viction over a period of fifteen years
• discussing actuarial risk assessments and stating that they “were relevant to determine whether Pierce is an SVP within the meaning of the Act”
• noting mental abnormality is inextricably linked to recidivism, as the condition must make it more likely than not that the individual will engage in sexually violent acts in future
• “An actuarial assessment provides an ʻempirically measured rate of recidivism among a group of sex offenders who share a set of characteristics with the subject of the evaluation.’” (citation omitted)
• \An actuarial assessment provides an 'empirically measured rate of recidivism among a group of sex offenders who share a set of characteristics with the subject of the evaluation.' \ (citation omitted)

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