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Clergy sexual abuse [electronic resource] : social science perspectives / Claire M. Renzetti and Sandra Yocum, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law
- Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual misconduct by clergy.
- Sex crimes--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Sex crimes.
- Clergy--Sexual behavior.
- Clergy.
- Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An examination of the clergy sexual abuse crisis from diverse scholarly perspectives
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Preface; 1 An Introduction to Social Science Perspectives on the Problem of Clergy Sexual Abuse; 2 Understanding the Response to Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests: A Criminal Justice Perspective; 3 The Interplay of Psychological and Institutional Factors in Sexual Abuse by Roman Catholic Clergy; 4 Contingent Crimes: Exploring the Sexual Abuse of Children by Clerics from a Situational Crime Perspective; 5 The Priest and Catholic Culture as Symbolic System of Purity; 6 Don't Call It An Affair: Understanding and Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct with Adults
- 7 Clergyperson Sexual Misconduct with Congregants or Parishioners: Past Attempts to Impose Civil and Criminal Liabilities and a Proposed Criminal Law to Increase the Likelihood of Criminal Punishment of PerpetratorsAbout the Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-55553-811-8
- OCLC:
- 847941740
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