Failure to protect : America's sexual predator laws and the rise of the preventive state /

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Shows that "sexual predator" laws, which have intense public and political support, are counterproductive. Janus contends that aggressive measures such as civil commitment and Megan's law, which are designed to restrain sex offenders before they can commit another crime, are bad polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Janus, Eric S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Civil commitment of sex offenders > United States.
Sex crimes > United States.
Preventive detention > United States.
Internement civil des délinquants sexuels > États-Unis.
Crimes sexuels > États-Unis.
Détention provisoire > États-Unis.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Civil commitment of sex offenders.
Preventive detention.
Sex crimes.
Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc.
Kind
Sexueller Missbrauch
Sexualdelikt
Prävention
United States.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The worst of the worst?
  • PART I: FATEFUL CHOICES: New legislative approaches
  • Judicial promises and betrayals
  • A factual primer on sexual violence
  • Benefits and costs
  • PART II: CONSEQUENCES: Feminism, the culture wars, and sexual violence
  • Harbinger of the preventive state?
  • PART III: COURSE CORRECTIONS: There are alternatives
  • The politics of sexual violence
  • Righting public policy against sexual violence.

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