| Description |
xvi, 168 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-161) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. I. Explaining sexual offending -- 1. Religion, medicine, and social science -- Religion -- The medical model -- Who has influenced the making of a sex offender? -- How do social scientists explain sexual offending? -- Learning from associates : social learning theory -- The influence of culture : social control theory -- Individual decisions : rational choice theory -- What's in a Label? Social reaction theory -- How do sexologists explain sexual offending? -- Socio-sexual response cycle -- Sexual anthropology -- 2. How many sex offenders are there? -- Child sexual offenses -- Adult sexual offenses -- Internet sexual offenses -- Female sexual offenders -- Juvenile sexual offenders -- Who is the "typical" offender? -- pt. II. Passing laws -- 3. Creating laws to deal with sex offenders -- The media's role in creating a moral panic -- Societal responses to sexual offending -- Sexual psychopath legislation of the 1930s -- Reforms in legislation -- Legislation of the 1990s and beyond -- 4. Case studies of select laws -- The phenomenon of To catch a predator -- Case study : Dateline show results in death -- Residency restrictions -- Case study : Georgia's banishment laws -- Civil commitment -- Case study : double jeopardy isn't what it seems -- The death penalty case study -- pt. III. An analysis of crimes and punishments -- 5. "So-called" sex crimes -- Oral sex -- Case study : oral sex and race -- Homosexuality and sodomy -- Case study : Matthew Limon -- Case study : assaulted while sleeping -- Case study : public sex -- Prostitution -- Case study : the Hollywood Madame -- Sadomasochism -- Statutory offenses -- Case study : Marcus Dixon -- Bestiality and zoophilia -- Polygamy -- Case study : polygamy in Utah -- Swinging -- Incest -- Case Study : sex with a stepdaughter -- 6. Sexually explicit materials -- Adult sexually explicit materials -- Case study : SEM and violence link? The Meese Commission -- Case study : transporting SEM -- Case study : distribution of SEM -- Case study : sexually explicit materials on the Internet -- Case study : Internet sex in the classroom -- Child sexually explicit materials -- Case study : what is child pornography? -- 7. Nonconsensual offenses -- Voyeurism -- Case study : 56 tears for taping! -- Case study : treat the peeper -- Exhibitionism -- Case study : career exhibitionism taken seriously in California -- Case study : career exhibitionism taken less seriously in Hawaii - Case study : therapy instead of prison for career exhibitionist in North Carolina -- Sexual assault and rape -- Case study : sex contracts -- Case study : the 5-second rule -- 8. Separating fact from fiction -- Are strangers the most dangerous? -- Do sex offenders keep re-offending? -- Does community notification and registration increase community safety? -- Do residency restrictions increase community safety? -- Does treatment work? -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the authors. |
| Subject |
Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Sex crimes -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Zilney, Laura J.
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| ISBN |
9780313348570 (alk. paper) |
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031334857X (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
CDX 9783494 |
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AU@ 000044283722 |
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