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The Resource Social control of sex offenders : a cultural history, D. Richard Laws
Social control of sex offenders : a cultural history, D. Richard Laws
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The item Social control of sex offenders : a cultural history, D. Richard Laws represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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- Summary
- This book surveys the history, current status, and critical issues regarding the various mechanisms designed to control sex offenders. It shows that the social problem of sex offending is not apparently resolvable by any of the means currently employed. A large array of procedures are used in the attempt to control the difficult population of sex offenders, including: imprisonment, institutional and community treatment, community monitoring by probation and parole, electronic monitoring, registration as a sex offender, community notification of an offender status, strict limits on behavioral movement in the community, and residence restrictions. However, these constraints on behavior are almost completely the result of public outrage regarding sensational sex crimes, overreaction of media coverage that produce inaccurate statements of potential community risk, and the efforts of the legal profession and politicians to quell this anger and foreboding by enacting legislation that supposedly confronts the risk. This book demonstrates that we have constructed a massive edifice of community control that is socially and politically driven and which has largely failed to contain sex crime. D. Richard Laws received his PhD from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, USA, in 1969. He has held professional positions in California, Florida, and two Canadian provinces. He is a past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He has published eight books and numerous articles on research and treatment. Currently, he is an honorary professor at the University of Birmingham, UK
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
- Contents
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- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Moral Panic: Threat to the Social Order
- Chapter 3. Early Historical Treatment of Social Deviance
- Chapter 4. The Medicalization of Deviance: Sex Offender as Mental Patient
- Chapter 5. The Sexual Psychopath/Predator Laws: Legal Construction of Deviance
- Chapter 6. Assessment of Risk to Reoffend: Historical Background
- Chapter 7. Assessment of Risk to Reoffend: Actuarial Assessment vs Risk Formulation
- Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification
- Chapter 9. Community Restrictions on Sex Offender Behavior
- Chapter 10. The International Picture of Social Control
- Chapter 11. Psychological Treatment: Risk Reducer or Life Enhancer?- Chapter 12. Conclusions and Future Outlook
- Isbn
- 9781137391261
- Label
- Social control of sex offenders : a cultural history
- Title
- Social control of sex offenders
- Title remainder
- a cultural history
- Statement of responsibility
- D. Richard Laws
- Subject
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- Crime & criminology
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- Crime and Society
- Criminal or forensic psychology
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Forensic Psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Juvenile delinquents
- Juvenile offenders
- Penology & punishment
- Prison and Punishment
- Punishment
- Corrections
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
- Sex (Psychology)
- Sex (Psychology)
- Sex crimes
- Sex offenders
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual behaviour
- Social Work and Community Development
- Social sciences
- Social service
- Social service
- Social work
- Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice
- Punishment
- Corrections
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book surveys the history, current status, and critical issues regarding the various mechanisms designed to control sex offenders. It shows that the social problem of sex offending is not apparently resolvable by any of the means currently employed. A large array of procedures are used in the attempt to control the difficult population of sex offenders, including: imprisonment, institutional and community treatment, community monitoring by probation and parole, electronic monitoring, registration as a sex offender, community notification of an offender status, strict limits on behavioral movement in the community, and residence restrictions. However, these constraints on behavior are almost completely the result of public outrage regarding sensational sex crimes, overreaction of media coverage that produce inaccurate statements of potential community risk, and the efforts of the legal profession and politicians to quell this anger and foreboding by enacting legislation that supposedly confronts the risk. This book demonstrates that we have constructed a massive edifice of community control that is socially and politically driven and which has largely failed to contain sex crime. D. Richard Laws received his PhD from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, USA, in 1969. He has held professional positions in California, Florida, and two Canadian provinces. He is a past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He has published eight books and numerous articles on research and treatment. Currently, he is an honorary professor at the University of Birmingham, UK
- Cataloging source
- SFB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Laws, D. Richard
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6556
- LC item number
- .L39 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sex offenders
- Sex crimes
- Crime
- Corrections
- Punishment
- Social service
- Sex (Psychology)
- Forensic psychology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Juvenile offenders
- Penology & punishment
- Sexual behaviour
- Criminal or forensic psychology
- Social work
- Crime & criminology
- Corrections
- Crime
- Forensic psychology
- Juvenile delinquents
- Punishment
- Sex (Psychology)
- Social sciences
- Social service
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Crime and Society
- Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice
- Prison and Punishment
- Sexual Behavior
- Forensic Psychology
- Social Work and Community Development
- Label
- Social control of sex offenders : a cultural history, D. Richard Laws
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Moral Panic: Threat to the Social Order -- Chapter 3. Early Historical Treatment of Social Deviance -- Chapter 4. The Medicalization of Deviance: Sex Offender as Mental Patient -- Chapter 5. The Sexual Psychopath/Predator Laws: Legal Construction of Deviance -- Chapter 6. Assessment of Risk to Reoffend: Historical Background -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Risk to Reoffend: Actuarial Assessment vs Risk Formulation -- Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification -- Chapter 9. Community Restrictions on Sex Offender Behavior -- Chapter 10. The International Picture of Social Control -- Chapter 11. Psychological Treatment: Risk Reducer or Life Enhancer?- Chapter 12. Conclusions and Future Outlook
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781137391261
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- SpringerLink
- Other control number
- 10.1057/978-1-137-39126-1
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- com.springer.onix.9781137391261
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)952810201
- (OCoLC)ocn952810201
- Label
- Social control of sex offenders : a cultural history, D. Richard Laws
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Moral Panic: Threat to the Social Order -- Chapter 3. Early Historical Treatment of Social Deviance -- Chapter 4. The Medicalization of Deviance: Sex Offender as Mental Patient -- Chapter 5. The Sexual Psychopath/Predator Laws: Legal Construction of Deviance -- Chapter 6. Assessment of Risk to Reoffend: Historical Background -- Chapter 7. Assessment of Risk to Reoffend: Actuarial Assessment vs Risk Formulation -- Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification -- Chapter 9. Community Restrictions on Sex Offender Behavior -- Chapter 10. The International Picture of Social Control -- Chapter 11. Psychological Treatment: Risk Reducer or Life Enhancer?- Chapter 12. Conclusions and Future Outlook
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 238 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781137391261
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- SpringerLink
- Other control number
- 10.1057/978-1-137-39126-1
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- com.springer.onix.9781137391261
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)952810201
- (OCoLC)ocn952810201
Subject
- Crime & criminology
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- Crime -- Sociological aspects
- Crime and Society
- Criminal or forensic psychology
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Forensic Psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Juvenile delinquents
- Juvenile offenders
- Penology & punishment
- Prison and Punishment
- Punishment
- Corrections
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology
- Sex (Psychology)
- Sex (Psychology)
- Sex crimes
- Sex offenders
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual behaviour
- Social Work and Community Development
- Social sciences
- Social service
- Social service
- Social work
- Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice
- Punishment
- Corrections
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