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Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders : Never Free of Collateral Consequences.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zilney, Lisa Anne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Milton : Taylor and Francis Group, 2020.
- System Details:
- data file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Purpose of the Work
- Methodological Outline
- Organization of the Work
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Legislation and Sexual Offenders
- Chapter 1: Politics, the Media, and Laws
- The Sex Offender Moral Panic in the Media
- A Brief Guide to Sex Offender Laws
- The Public's View of Sex Offenders
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Time for a Reality Check
- How Many Sex Offenders Are There?
- Prevalence of Sexual Offending
- Offender Profiles
- References
- Part II: Life With a Registered Sex Offender
- Chapter 3: Relationship and Revelation
- Beginning a Relationship After the Offense Occurred
- Being Together When the Offense Occurred
- Discovery of the Offense
- Chapter 4: Understanding and Consequences
- Techniques of Neutralization
- How Life Changes When Friends and Family Find Out
- Part III: Collateral Consequences for Partners of Registered Sex Offenders
- Chapter 5: Registration and Community Notification
- Brief Legal History of Registration and Community Notification
- Attitudes of the Public, Law Enforcement, and Treatment Professionals
- Effects on Recidivism and Community Integration
- Collateral Consequences on the Partners of Registered Sex Offenders
- Improvements to Registration and Community Notification
- Chapter 6: Employment, Housing, and Parenting Challenges
- Employment Challenges and Consequences
- Brief Legal History of Residency Restrictions and Legal Challenges
- Prohibition from Contact with Minors
- Part IV: Moving Forward
- Chapter 7: Coping Strategies and (Re)Integration
- Emotional Impacts on the Offender's Partner
- Negative Coping Mechanisms
- Positive Coping Strategies
- Reintegration of Offenders and Their Families Into Communities
- Policy Thoughts
- Appendix
- Partner Offenses Information
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Zilney, Lisa Anne Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders : Never Free of Collateral Consequences
- ISBN:
- 9781000066487
- 1000066487
- OCLC:
- 1157075037
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