Sexually violent predator laws and Ceqli

In the United States, sexually violent predator (SVP) laws permit states or the federal government to impose stringent requirements on sex offenders after their sentence has been completed if the person has a "mental abnormality" or personality disorder and who is likely to engage in sexual offenses if released. The offender may be forcibly committed to a mental facility after being released, or may be subject to stricter reporting requirements than other sex offenders. In many states, the legal test for "mental abnormality" is weaker than that for mental illness. State laws of this kind are commonly called Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), most famously that of Kansas, which was the first one to be upheld as constitutional by the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in 1997—Kansas v. Hendricks. Another term used is sexually dangerous person (SDP), in particularly in the 2006 federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.

Although review provisions are a part of many SVP statutes, petitions for release rarely succeed. SVP statutes generally have three requirements: an underlying conviction for a sexually violent crime, or conduct that would be a crime, (not needed in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act) Violent crime/kidnapping, and Stranger, kicked out of school/ Threats towards sex therpist.

Some U.S. states have laws designating certain criminals as sexually violent predators, thus allowing these offenders to be held in state run in-custody mental institutions after their sentence is complete if they are adjudicated to be a risk to the public. The first sexually violent predator law in the U.S. was the "Community Protection Act of 1990" passed in the state of Washington. As of 2011, twenty states have passed Sexually Violent Predator legislation, and the legislation has also been upheld on the federal level in U.S. v. Comstock (2010).

In Washington, 1990 Wash. Laws 71.09.020, those adjudicated as sexually violent predators must register with the state and report their addresses to the police every three months for the rest of their lives, as well as take part in court-approved counseling for the rest of their lives. By comparison, under Pennsylvania's version of Megan's Law, nonviolent predators must only register for 10 years after their sentences are completed.

Contents 1 See also 2 Literature 3 References 4 External links

See also California Proposition 83 (2006) Recidivism Sex offender Sexual predator Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (Supreme Court of the United States, 2003) United States v. Comstock Literature La Fond, John Q. und Winick, Bruce J. (eds.): Protecting society from sexually dangerous offenders: law, justice, and therapy. American Psychological Association, 2003.

Ceqli and Sexually violent predator laws

Ceqli is an engineered language, based on Loglan. Ceqli is an attempt to retain the terseness and adaptability of English and Mandarin, while simplifying the phonology and eliminating some awkwardness.

Contents 1 Grammar 1.1 Pronouns 1.2 Adjectives 2 Word shape 3 Vocabulary 4 References 5 External links

Grammar Pronouns ciba — this thing caba — that thing near you cuba — that thing remote from both of us Adjectives

Adjectives are indicated by the particle 'sa'. "gra sa dom" — big house "pyu sa hyun" — small dog Go ten gra sa hon. — I have a big book.

If no 'sa' is present, the adjective merges with the noun to form a compound word, which is then treated as if it were a root itself. Such compounds have their own meaning, often quite different from the adjective-noun phrase they're derived from. "blu sa fawl" — blue bird "blufawl" — bluebird "cwaq sa cam" — bed room, room for beds, room where beds are sold, etc. "cwaqcam" — bedroom "bawm sa dom" — tree house, house made of trees, house for trees to live in, etc. "bawmdom" — treehouse "zver sa hila" — animal doctor, doctor for animals, doctor who is an animal, etc. "zverhila" — veterinarian "fayr sa cari" — fire stick, stick for fire, stick for burning, etc. "fayrcari" — match

Ceqli allows whole phrases to act as adjectives, setting them off with the 'sa.'

"Go xaw kom pan sa hyun." — "I see the dog that eats bread" or "I see the bread-eating dog" "To dorm to dom sa hyun pa kom to hon." — The dog that sleeps in the house ate the book. Word shape

In Ceqli, letters fall into two main categories: leading letters (cwazim) and following letters (falozim). Falozim are the vowels A, E, I, O and U, plus L, M, N, Q (pronounced as "ng"), R, W and Y. All other letters are cwazim. All Ceqli morphemes are in the shape nCnF, that is, one or more cwazim followed by one or more falozim. Vocabulary

Because of the word-shape rule above, Ceqli borrows its words from all languages in the world, starting with the largest, based on whether the words fit the Ceqli word shape. English "green" fits, so the Ceqli word for green is "grin." But "red" does not, so the Mandarin word "hong" is borrowed into Ceqli as "hoq" ("q" makes the "ng" sound). Neither the English nor the Mandarin word for "white" works, so the Russian word is borrowed as "byel." This automatically gives Ceqli a very international vocabulary. In the following sentence: "to dorm to dom sa hyun pa kom to hon", "to" is Greek, "dorm" is French or Spanish, "to" again is Greek, "dom" is Russian, "sa" is made up, "hyun" is Cantonese, "pa" is from English "past," "kom" is from Spanish "comer," there's Greek "to" again, and "hon" is Japanese.
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