Editing Paraphilia (section)

===Legality===
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In the United States, since 1990 a significant number of states have passed [[sexually violent predator law]]s.<ref name="First 2014">{{cite journal|last=First|first=Michael B.|title=DSM-5 and paraphilic disorders.|journal=The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law|volume=42|issue=2|year=2014|issn=1093-6793|pmid=24986346|pages=191–201|url=http://jaapl.org/content/42/2/191}}</ref> Following a series of landmark cases in the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], persons diagnosed with extreme paraphilic disorders, particularly pedophilia (''[[Kansas v. Hendricks]]'', 1997) and others that cause serious difficulty controlling behavior (''[[Kansas v. Crane]]'', 2002), can be held indefinitely in [[civil confinement]] under various state legislation generically known as [[sexually violent predator laws]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=First|first1=M. B.|last2=Halon|first2=R. L.|title=Use of DSM paraphilia diagnoses in sexually violent predator commitment cases|journal=The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law|volume=36|issue=4|pages=443–454|year=2008|pmid=19092060|url=http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/reprint/36/4/443.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6MQj-mjHgBIC&pg=PA248 248]|title=Legal aspects of corrections management|isbn=978-0-7637-2545-7|last1=Cripe|first1=Clair A|last2=Pearlman|first2=Michael G|year=2005}}</ref> and the federal [[Adam Walsh Act]] (''[[United States v. Comstock]]'', 2010).<ref name="apabc">JESSE J. HOLLAND, [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=10666088 Court: Sexually dangerous can be kept in prison], [[Associated Press]]. Retrieved 16 May 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://capcentral.org/civil/svpa/svpa_article_USsupreme.asp|title=Civil: SVPA – CCAP|publisher=Capcentral.org|access-date=2013-03-14|archive-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629163853/http://capcentral.org/civil/svpa/svpa_article_USsupreme.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>