Sex fiends, perverts, and pedophiles : understanding sex crime policy in America /

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"From Megan's Law to Jessica's Law, almost every state in the nation has passed some law to punish sex offenders. This popular tough-on-crime legislation is often written after highly-publicized cases have made the gruesome rounds through the media, and usually features harsh sentence...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leon, Chrysanthi S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex crimes > United States.
Sex offenders > United States.
Child molesters > United States.
Violence sexuelle > États-Unis.
Délinquants sexuels > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Child molesters
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Punishment stories
  • The sexual psychopath era (1930-1955)
  • The era of rehabilatative debate : 1950-1980
  • Sex offender rehabilitation in California from 1950-1980 : how it worked
  • The old and the new : sex offender policy in the containment era, 1980-present
  • Experts and governance : shifting politics and disappearing strategies
  • Chilling effects
  • National sex offender punishment trends since 1920.

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