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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Main Author: Janus, Eric S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
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Failure to protect : America's sexual predator laws and the rise of the preventive state /
by Janus, Eric S.
Published 2006
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