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Perverts and predators : the making of sexual offending laws / Laura J. Zilney and Lisa Anne Zilney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zilney, Laura J.
- Series:
- Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)
- Issues in crime & justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Sex offenders.
- Sex offenders--United States--Psychology.
- Child molesters--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Child molesters.
- Sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.
- United States.
- Psychology.
- Sex crimes--United States.
- Sex crimes.
- Sex crimes--United States--History.
- History.
- Sex crimes--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Psychological aspects.
- Child molesters--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2009]
- Contents:
- The role of religion
- The medical model
- Is there any explanation?
- Historical sexual offending laws
- Laws, laws, and more laws
- Counting the problem
- Controlling offenders
- Considering the victims
- Can treatment work?
- Looking beyond U.S. policies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780742566224
- 0742566226
- 9780742566231
- 0742566234
- 9780742566248
- 0742566242
- OCLC:
- 272308771
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