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Sex Offenders : Theory, Policy and Practice Explored.
Sex offending, and in particular child sex offending, is a complex area for policy makers, theorists and practitioners. A focus on punishment has reinforced sex offending as a problem that is essentially 'other' to society and discourages engagement with the real scale and scope of sexual...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge frontiers of criminal justice.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; SECTION ONE Setting the scene; 1 Legislation and sex offending; 2 From a minority interest to accredited programmes: probation work with those convicted of sexual offences; 3 Media influences on public perceptions of sex offenders: impact on policy and practice; SECTION TWO Types of offences and victims; 4 Sex offenders' identities and identity management; 5 Female sexual offending: exploring current knowledge; 6 Sexual abuse and learning difficulties
- 7 Sexual revictimisation: a critical review of the theoretical pathways from childhood sexual abuse to adult sexual assault8 Animal abuse and sex offending; 9 Internet sex offending: patterns, problems and policy; SECTION THREE Settings and approaches to working with sex offenders; 10 Residential work with sex offenders: places of collusion and segregation or preparation for resettlement and reintegration?; 11 Prison and sex offender interventions; 12 Circles of Support and Accountability: practice and research; 13 The GPS satellite tracking of sex offenders in the USA
- SECTION FOUR Skills, practice and policy development with sex offenders14 MAPPA: the management of sex offenders; 15 Probation enforcement practice with sex offenders; 16 'Soft skills for hard work': using emotional literacy to work effectively with sex offenders; Conclusion: sex offenders: punish, help, change or control?; Index