Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-252) and index.
Contents
The birth of a moral panic -- The return of the blob : the heterogeneity of juvenile sex offenders -- Test authors in search of a clinical population : risk assessment instruments for juvenile sex offenders -- The adolescent as sexual deviant : the treatment of juvenile sex offenders -- Creating the objects of our concern : normal childhood sexuality and the invention of childhood sexual behavior problems -- Becoming a man : the waiver of the juvenile sex offender to adult court -- Making monsters : the civil commitment of juvenile sex offenders -- Collateral consequences : the invisible punishment of the juvenile sex offender.
Reproduction
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