| Description |
xvii, 259 pages ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
The law and public policy |
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Law and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Sex crimes, victims, and offenders -- Are sex offenders really dangerous? -- Can sex offenders be treated? -- Effectiveness of registration and community notification laws -- Sexually violent predator laws -- Should sex offenders be castrated? -- Does risk management make more sense? -- Recommendations -- Table of authorities -- Author index -- Subject index -- About the author. |
| Summary |
Annotation "Preventing Sexual Violence: How Society Should Cope With Sex Offenders systematically critiques the current treatment of sex offenders in an effort to determine how best to prevent re-offending without infringing on the rights of citizens. The book offers the latest data about sex offenders and the novel and powerful legal measures enacted to prevent sexual violence. In recent years, states have initiated programs for sex offenders involving involuntary commitment, mandatory registration, community notification, and even chemical castration. The author identifies which new strategies work, which strategies are based on false assumptions, and which should be modified or abandoned. In addition to recommending ways to improve programs, the author focuses on an effective risk management program that could be expanded and reproduced nationwide. The author details how recent research has made progress in identifying which groups of sexually violent offenders pose the greatest risk for re-offending, and how to effectively reduce that risk for this population. This book provides criminal justice professionals, clinicians working with sexually violent offenders, and policy makers with a clear and realistic plan for humanely coping with sex offenders and reducing further sexual violence."--Book jacket. Primary audience: Psychiatrists and forensic psychologists, mental health practitioners who treat sex offenders; lawyers and criminal justice professionals. Secondary audience: Policymakers; students in classes on therapeutic jurisprudence or therapy and treatment of sex offender. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Sex crimes -- United States.
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Sex offenders -- United States.
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Sex crimes -- United States -- Prevention.
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Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
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Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Recidivism -- United States -- Prevention.
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Sex Offenses -- legislation & jurisprudence.
(DNLM)D012742Q000331
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Public Policy. (DNLM)D011640
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Sex Offenses -- prevention & control.
(DNLM)D012742Q000517
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Sex Offenses -- psychology.
(DNLM)D012742Q000523
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United States. (DNLM)D014481
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Recidivism -- Prevention.
(OCoLC)fst01091370
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Sex crimes. (OCoLC)fst01114275
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Sex crimes -- Prevention.
(OCoLC)fst01114284
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Sex offenders. (OCoLC)fst01114566
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Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01114573
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Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation.
(OCoLC)fst01114581
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Seksueel geweld.
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Seksuele misdrijven.
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Preventie.
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Seksueel geweld.
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Seksuele misdrijven.
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Preventie.
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Sexualtäter (DE-588)4138453-2
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United States.
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| Indexed Term |
Sexual violence |
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Rape |
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Sex offenders |
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Rehabilitation |
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Recidivism |
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Sex offender treatment |
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Notification laws |
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Sex offender registration |
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Sexual assault victims |
| ISBN |
1591471729 (alk. paper) |
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9781591471721 (alk. paper) |
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