Understanding sexual offending : an evidence-based response to myths and misconceptions /
Addressing common myths and misconceptions about sexual offending, this book highlights the current state of scientific knowledge about the origins and the development of sexual offending. It offers a critical overview of current criminal justice policies and close to 100 years of research on how to...
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| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2021
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Sexual offending: an elusive phenomenon in criminology's blind spot
- 2. The postwar sociolegal (de-) constructoin of sexual offending
- 3. Myths, false claims and erroneous conclusions about "sex offenders"
- 4. The "sex offender" under the microscope: Are they different?
- 5. Why sexual offending?
- 6. The stepping stones to sexual offending
- 7. The Scarlet letter in the digital age: the impact of public sex offender registries
- 8. Correctional moneyball? Lessons learned from correctional risk management
- 9. The slippery slope of rehabilitation: science, common sense or social justice?
- 10. Conclusion: toward a reasonable, scientifically grounded, developmental perspective