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Sex crime, offenders, and society : a critical look at sexual offending and policy / Christina Mancini

Author
Mancini, Christina
Published
Durham : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents
Preface -- The nature and extent of sex offending and prominent theoretical explanations -- Sex crimes and offenders -- Measuring sex crime -- Sex crime patterns and trends -- Prominent theoretical explanations -- Societal responses to sexual offending -- Societal myths (and facts) about sex offenders -- Public attitudes toward sex offenders -- Historical emergence of sex offender laws in the U.S. -- Sex crime policy and reform -- Logic and efficacy of sex offender laws -- Methods to assess sex offender recidivism and treatment needs -- National variation in sex crime reforms -- Legal challenges to sex crime laws -- The future of sex crime policy -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN
9781611633757 (alk. paper)
1611633753 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.
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