title: From the sexual psychopath statute to "Megan's law": psychiatric knowledge in the diagnosis, treatment, and adjudication of sex criminals in New Jersey, 1949-1999.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1293, USA. sacole@rci.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000266:history; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D011330:Prisons / Q000266:history; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*