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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Janus, Eric S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.