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1 online resource |
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THE DILEMMA OFTHE SEXUAL OFFENDER; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 WOMEN IN SOCIETY; Chapter 2 IS EVIL REAL?; Chapter 3 DEVIANT SEXUALITY; Chapter 4 RAPE AND RAPISTS; Chapter 5 THE SEXUAL SADISTIC PSYCHOPATH; Chapter 6 LUST MURDERERS; Chapter 7 THE RELATIONSHIP OF MENTAL ILLNESS TO SEXUAL OFFENDING; Chapter 8 VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND THEIR VICTIMIZERS; Chapter 9 CYBER-CRIME SEXUAL OFFENDERS; Chapter 10 FEMALE SEX OFFENDERS AND CLERGY CHILD SEX OFFENDERS; Chapter 11 TREATMENT; Chapter 12 SEX OFFENDER LAWS: A RECURRENT HISTORY OF SPECIAL PROVISIONS; Chapter 13 THE LOGIC OF SEX OFFENDER LAWS AND POLICIES |
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CONCLUSIONAppendix A OFFENSE MOTIVATION SURVEY; REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
It has been over ten years since the release of the first edition. Over this time span, the dilemmas for the sexual offender - including their visceral and virtual manifestations - have captured the imagination of the public, have rewritten the subdiscipline of behavioral sciences and the law, and have led to new technologies in the assessment, diagnostic, and treatment decision sciences. These dilemmas circulate in the marketplace of conspicuous digital consumerism that stylizes and commercializes the sex offender industry through society's ubiquitous infotainment-driven and carnival-like out |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex offenders -- Psychology
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Sex crimes -- Psychological aspects
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Criminal psychology.
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Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
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Criminal psychology
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Sex crimes -- Psychological aspects
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Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Sex offenders -- Psychology
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Farkas, Mary Ann
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| ISBN |
9780398088620 |
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0398088624 |
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