| Citizens For Reform Newsletters Archive 2002 |
| January * Sex Predator Laws: A Powerful New Tool for State Control * An End Run Around Criminal Law * Mental Health Commitments * Not Just for Predators * Reinventing State Mental Institutions * No Standards for Treatment * Thought Control * Undetermining Due Process February * On Mitigating Professional Arrogance in the Treatment of Sex Offenders (NCIA) * Diagnostic Statistical Manual DSM-IV TR Reviewed * Michael Crane Released After Long Battle in Court * Facility "Boots Up" Pressure -- Confiscates Computers * Compassion for the Elderly Not Shown at MSOP * Apologies Given AFTER Wrongful Punishment * Patients Treated as Being Confined for Punishment -- Not Treatment * You Can Take That Treatment and... * MSOP Jelly Jar Caper! * Resident Advisory Council Minutes 12-17-01 March * Head Count * Psychotherapy or Psycho Terrorism? * Lessons from Hitler * Consequences or Punishment? * From George Orwell's 1984 "Doublethink" * Perspective * Fifth Judicial District Court Gives Order for Supervised Release * Residents Challenge Computer Limits * Valentine's Day Charade -- Arrow's Fly When Tempers Flare * Religious Freedom NOT Acceptable at MSOP * MSOP Resident Dies a Lonely Death * MSOP Resident Told He is too Old for Treatment * Sex Offenders Case to be Reviewed * Sex Offender Now Homeless and Jobless * "Health" * Maltreatment of Residents in PI Detrimental to Health * Comfort Restricted to Hardwood Chairs April * Are Psychologists/Psychiatrists Misusing Diagnostic Information? * Recidivism Studies * Minnesota Recidivism Rates Reviewed * Social Security Benefits for MSOP Residents in Question * Evil: The Quadruple Axel * Play the Game? * Perspective! * Creative Illusions? * MSOP Residents Win Temporary Injunction * Citizens For Reform Northern Coordinator Out for Surgery May * Response to Crane Ruling * MSOP Resident Advisory Council Member Resigns * IPT Journal -- "Societal Myths About Sex Offending and Consequences for Prevention of Offending Behavior Against Children and Women" * MSOP Mental Health Abuse Exposed Again! * Update * Advisory Council Members Speak Out * Chief Operating Officer Harry Responds June * Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R), Use Not Recommended for Minority Groups * Part Two -- Societal Myths * 1:2 Types of Mental Health Experts (by West Group, December 2001) * 1:3 The Gap Between Science and Practice (by West Group, December 2001) * MSOP Holds Family Hostage |
| July * The U.S. Supreme Court Vacates and Remands MSOP Civil Commitment * No Good Deed Goes Unpunished! * Part Three -- Societal Myths * Lifers Union Bulletin & Citizens For Reform Link for National Family & Friends Networking * CD-R Guides Now Available * Admissibility of Actuarial Risk Assessment Instruments * Lack of Control Requirement * Minnesota Court of Appeals Will Review MSOP Resident's Data Challenge * California's High Court says Sex Offenders Can't be Held Past Terms * Accused of Contraband * House OKs Crackdown on Sex Offenders August * Indeterminate Civil Commitment Without a Jury Trial to be Reviewed (Part I) * Part Four -- Societal Myths * Stop Pretending Predator Commitment Law Works * Sex Offender Facility Cruel, Suit Alleges September * MSOP's Patient Abuses Being Slowly Unveiled * Indeterminate Civil Commitment Without a Jury Trial to be Reviewed (Part II) * Part Five -- Societal Myths * Washington Appelate Court says Crane Requires New Trial * Wisconsin Supreme Court says Kansas v. Crane Does Not Require a Separate Finding * Florida Court Declines to Resolve Admissibility of Actuarial Instruments * California Appellate Court Refuses to Follow Kansas v. Crane * Iowa Appellate Court Denies Proposed "Volitional Impairment" Jury * Resident Advisory Council Minutes 6-02 * A Note from CFR Southern Coordinator October * MSOP Clinical Director Caught in Cross-Fire * Chronological Annotated Bibliography on Sex Offender Treatment * Citizens For Reform Questions the Department of Human Services * Is Minnesota Exempt from the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Crane? * Statement of Legal Issues and Disposition * Polygraph Test Proves Only Itself to be a Liar * 10:1 Informed Consent: Ethical Obligations (by West Group) November * Top U.S. Psychiatrists Invent NEW Mental Illness * The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and the GAF Fraud * The "Improved" DSM-IV * Minutes of the Resident Advisory Council, 8-02 * Welcome to New Council Members * News from CFR * Neuville Disagrees with Civil Commitment * InnerChange Freedom Initiative Comes to Minnesota December * Does the Absence of Jury Trial for the Civil Commitment of MN Sex Offenders Violate Due Process and Equal Protection? * The Right to a Jury Trial in Civil Commitment Proceedings in MN, Prior Adoption of the MN Constitution * MSOP Residents Liberty Interest Jeopardized Deceptively * Volitional Control * Update to Volitional Control Cases - Arizona Update - Minnesota Update - Illinois Update - Missouri Update - Massachusetts Update - Washington Update * Resident/Patient Privacy at the MSOP * Resident Advisory Council Minutes, 9-02 * Freedom on Hold (Mankato Free Press, December 2002) * Family Advisory Council Update * Fund-raising Ideas Still Welcome! |
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