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SVP
Under California law, Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600, a SVP is a “Sexually violent predator” which means the person has been convicted of a sexually violent offense against one or more victims and has a diagnosed mental disorder that makes the person a danger to the health and safety of others, and is likely to continue to engage in sexually violent criminal behavior beyond his/her/they release from incarceration or the state hospital.