| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 209 pages) |
| Series |
Issues in crime & justice |
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Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.)
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| Contents |
The role of religion -- The medical model -- Is there any explanation? -- Historical sexual offending laws -- Laws, laws, and more laws -- Counting the problem -- Controlling offenders -- Considering the victims -- Can treatment work? -- Looking beyond U.S. policies |
| Summary |
Perverts and Predators elaborates on the numerous factors that have contributed to the passage of sexual offending laws in the United States. Authors Lisa and Laura Zilney weave together a story of how sex crimes laws were created by analyzing the changing roles of religion and the medical community, offering theoretical explanations for sex offending from the unique perspectives of criminology and sexology. Working under the central premise that sex and sexuality are positive and healthy and that the only way to deal with the issue of sexual offending is through sex positive education and cou |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex offenders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Sex offenders -- United States -- Psychology
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Sex crimes -- United States
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Sex crimes -- United States -- History
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Sex crimes -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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Child molesters -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Child molesters -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Sex crimes
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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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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zilney, Lisa Anne.
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| ISBN |
9780742566248 |
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0742566242 |
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1282497170 |
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9781282497177 |
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9786612497179 |
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6612497173 |
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