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The Oxford handbook of sex offences and sex offenders / edited by Teela Sanders.

Sanders, Teela, (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780190213633
ISBN: 0190213639
Physical Description: xvii, 653 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I UNDERSTANDING SEX CRIME -- 1. What is sex crime? / Karen Terry -- 2. Exploring the methods behind sexual violence estimates: The composition and findings from national and international surveys / Bonnie S. Fisher -- 3. The explanation of sexual offending / Anthony Beech -- 4. Sexual offenders and human rights: Protecting victims / Tony Ward -- pt. II TYPES OF SEX CRIMES -- 5. Rape and domestic sexual assault / Emily C. Rader -- 6. Sexual homicide and violent offenders / Eric Beauregard -- 7. Child sexual abuse / Ross E. Cheit -- 8. Alcohol and drugs in relation to sexual offending / Paul M. G. Emmelkamp -- 9. Commercial sexual exploitation of children / Jenny Pearce -- pt. III OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS -- 10. Victim -- offender overlap among sex offenders / Caitlyn Meade -- 11. Female sex offenders / Gill McIvor -- 12. The juvenile sex offender: Criminal careers and recidivism risk / Jan Hendriks -- 13. A developmental life-course perspective of juvenile and adult sexual offending / Arjan A. J. Blokland -- 14. Victimization and revictimization / Jody Clay-Warner -- pt. IV REGULATION AND CONTROL -- 15. The role of policy in preventing sexual violence / Richard G. Wright -- 16. The policing of sexual activity / Terry Thomas -- 17. Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and legislation / Karen Harrison -- 18. The aftermath of sex offender registration and other controls / Kristen M. Zgoba -- pt. V MANAGEMENT AND INTERVENTION -- 19. Risk assessment of sex offenders / Robert A. Prentky -- 20. Treatment of sex offenders: Concepts and empirical evaluations / Martin Schmucker -- 21. Informal social control of sex offenders: The family and other forms of support / Kimberly R. Kras -- 22. Restorative justice and sex offending / Anne-Marie McAlinden -- pt. VI SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS -- 23. Public perceptions of sex crimes and sex offenders / Donna M. Vandiver -- 24. The media response to sex crimes / Jennifer L. Klein -- 25. The paedophile in popular culture: Fictional representations of sex crime / Steven Kohm -- 26. Social media, cyberspace, and sex crime: Deviant and democratizing spaces / Maggie Wykes -- pt. VII TRANSGRESSION AND SEX -- 27. The criminalization of sexuality / Xanthe Mallett -- 28. Prostitution and sex work / Teela Sanders -- 29. Pornography / Clarissa Smith -- 30. Sex trafficking and control / Maggy Lee.