{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-549.95","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 549.95","heading":"Determining “serious difficulty in refraining from sexually violent conduct or child molestation if released.”","body":"In determining whether a person will have “serious difficulty in refraining from sexually violent conduct or child molestation if released,” Bureau mental health professionals may consider, but are not limited to, evidence:\n(a) Of the person's repeated contact, or attempted contact, with one or more victims of sexually violent conduct or child molestation;\n(b) Of the person's denial of or inability to appreciate the wrongfulness, harmfulness, or likely consequences of engaging or attempting to engage in sexually violent conduct or child molestation;\n(c) Established through interviewing and testing of the person or through other risk assessment tools that are relied upon by mental health professionals;\n(d) Established by forensic indicators of inability to control conduct, such as:\n(1) Offending while under supervision;\n(2) Engaging in offense(s) when likely to get caught;\n(3) Statement(s) of intent to re-offend; or\n(4) Admission of inability to control behavior; or\n(e) Indicating successful completion of, or failure to successfully complete, a sex offender treatment program.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER C—INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT","PART 549—MEDICAL SERVICES","Subpart H—Civil Commitment of a Sexually Dangerous Person"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"6312c04dc098ec36a645acace3dbdfe6011f2c0d621f4e6fcb8ec54bf7d0e355","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-549.94","next":"us/28-cfr-550.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}