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The perversion of youth : controversies in the assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offenders /
Over the past two decades, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering heated coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. Americans' reaction to such stories has prompted the unquestioned application to adolescents...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Psychology and crime series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Over the past two decades, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering heated coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. Americans' reaction to such stories has prompted the unquestioned application to adolescents of harsh legal and clinical intervention strategies designed for serious adult offenders, with little attention being paid to the psychological maturity of the offender. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441615640 1441615644 9780814785225 0814785220 |