Responding to Sexual Offending -

Responding to Sexual Offending

Perceptions, Risk Management and Public Protection

K. McCartan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
231 Seiten
2014 | 1st ed. 2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-47099-0 (ISBN)
106,95 inkl. MwSt
This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement.

Alexandra Bailey, Lucy Faithfull Foundation, UK. Monica Barry, University of Strathclyde, UK. Charlotte Bilby, Northumbria University, UK. Adam Carter, National Offender Management Services, UK. Ian Elliott, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. Danielle Harris, San Jose State University, USA. Hazel Kemshall, DeMontfort University, UK. Ruth McAlister, University of Ulster, UK. Duncan McPhee, University of the West of England, UK. Mike Nash, University of Portsmouth, UK. David Prescott, Becket Family of Services, USA. Beth Weaver, University of Strathclyde, UK. Andrew Williams, Portsmouth University, UK. Robin Wilson, Humber College, USA.

Editor's Introduction 1. The Realities of Legislating Against and Protecting the Public From Risky Groups; Andrew Williams and Mike Nash 2. Community-Based Management of Sexual Offender Risk: Options and Opportunities; Robin Wilson and David Prescott 3. Female Sex Offenders: Gender, Risk and Risk Perception; Ian Elliott and Alexandra Bailey 4. New Technologies, 'Risk' and Sexual Offending; Ruth McAlister 5. Sex Offending and Sex Tourism: Problems, Policy and Challenges; Duncan McPhee 6. Sex Offender Treatment Programmes; Adam Carter 7. Understanding and Responding to Sexual Offenders with Challenging Behaviours; David Prescott and Robin Wilson 8. Risky Business? Supporting Desistance From Sexual Offending; Beth Weaver and Monica Barry 9. Tales from the Trenches: Zooming in on the Effects of Sex Offender Public Policy; Danielle Harris 10. Creativity and Rehabilitation: What Else Might Work in Changing Sex Offenders' Behaviour?; Charlotte Bilby 11. Managing Sex Offenders in the UK: Challenges for Policy and Practice; Hazel Kemshall and Kieran McCartan

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
Zusatzinfo XVI, 231 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte desistance • Policy • Prison • Probation • Public • Rehabilitation • Risk • sex offender reintegration • sex offender treatment
ISBN-10 1-349-47099-6 / 1349470996
ISBN-13 978-1-349-47099-0 / 9781349470990
Zustand Neuware
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