Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xix, 372 p. ; 27 cm. |
Series |
The law and public policy
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
Part I. Sexually violent predator laws: problems -- New generation of sex offender commitment laws: which states have them and how do they work? / W. Lawrence Fitch and Debra A. Hammen -- State policy perspectives on sexual predator laws / Roxanne Lieb -- Part II. Sex offenders and dangerousness -- Who is dangerous and when are they safe? Risk assessment with sexual offenders / R. Karl Hanson -- Evaluating offenders under a sexually violent predator law: the practical practice / Roy B. Lacoursiere -- Part III. Sex offenders and treatment -- What we know and don't know about treating adult sex offenders / Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris -- Treatment and the civil commitment of sex offenders / Eric S. Janus -- In the wake of Hendricks: the treatment and restraint of sexually dangerous offenders viewed from the perspective of American psychiatry / Howard V. Zonana, Richard J. Bonnie, and Steven K. Hoge -- Part IV. Rationale, constitutionality, and morality of sexual predator commitment laws -- Matching legal policies with known offenders / Leonore M.J. Simon -- Bad or mad?: sex offenders and social control / Stephen J. Morse -- "Even a dog ... ": culpability, condemnation, and respect for persons / Robert F. Schopp -- Sex offenders and the Supreme Court: the significance and limits of Kansas v. Hendricks / John Kip Cornwel -- Part V. Alternative strategies for protecting the community -- Therapeutic jurisprudence analysis of sex offender registration and community notification laws / Bruce J. Winick -- Investing in the future of children: building programs for children or prisons for adult offenders / William D. Pithers, Alison Gray, and Michalle E. Davis -- Chemical castration of sex offenders: treatment or punishment? / Robert D. Miller -- Community containment of sex offender risk: a promising approach / Kim English, Linda Jones, and Diane Patrick -- Part VI. Evaluating the wisdom of sexually violent predator laws -- Costs of enacting a sexual predator law and recommendations for keeping them from skyrocketing / John Q. La Fond -- Managing the monstrous: sex offenders and the new penology / Jonathan Simon -- Therapeutic jurisprudence assessment of sexually violent predator laws / Bruce J. Winick. |
Subject |
Sex offenders.
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Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc..
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Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation.
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Sex Offenses -- prevention & control -- United States. |
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Sex crimes -- Prevention.
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Added Author |
Winick, Bruce J.
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La Fond, John Q.
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ISBN |
1557989737 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 240431421 |
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