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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Janus, Eric S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prävention
Sexualdelikt
Sexueller Missbrauch
Kind
Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex crimes.
Preventive detention.
Civil commitment of sex offenders.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Detention provisoire > États-Unis.
Crimes sexuels > États-Unis.
Internement civil des delinquants sexuels > États-Unis.
Preventive detention > United States.
Sex crimes > United States.
Civil commitment of sex offenders > United States.
Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 policy and do little to actually reduce sexual violence. Further, these new laws make use of approaches such as preventive detention and actuarial profiling that violate important principles of liberty. Janus argues that to prevent sexual violence, policymakers must address the deep-seated societal problems that allow it to flourish. From publisher description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781501731167

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