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Protecting society from sexually dangerous offenders : law, justice, and therapy / edited By Bruce J. Winick and John Q. La Fond.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Law and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex offenders--United States.
- Sex offenders.
- Sex crimes.
- Sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.
- United States.
- Sex offenders--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation.
- Sex crimes--United States--Prevention.
- Sex.
- Criminology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sex.
- United States.
- Criminology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- APA PsycBOOKS.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2003]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- In this book, legal and mental health experts analyze controversial new legal strategies adopted over the past decade to prevent sexual violence. The contributors examine innovative measures, including sexual predator laws used to commit dangerous sex offenders to mental hospitals after they have served their sentences, sex offender registration and notification laws, chemical castration of convicted sex offenders, intensive supervision programs for sex offenders living in the community, and programs for treating sexually abused children. Contributors also explore the serious constitutional questions these new legal strategies raise regarding the rights of sex offenders who have been fully punished. They also consider how much these laws cost and whether they actually prevent sexual violence. Experts discuss what we know and do not know about sex offenders: are they dangerous, who are their victims, and can they be treated. Psychologists and other mental health experts working with sexually dangerous offenders as well as lawyers, policymakers, and students in these fields may find this a useful book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2003 dcunns.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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