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

Author/creator Mancini, Christina
Format Book
PublicationDurham : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]
Descriptionxiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.
LCCN 2013038164
ISBN9781611633757 (alk. paper)
ISBN1611633753 (alk. paper)