Responding to Sexual Offending [electronic resource] : Perceptions, Risk Management and Public Protection /
McCartan, Kieran,1980-
McCartan, K.editor.
This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover ; Half-Title; Title; Copyrights; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 The Realities of Legislating Againstand Protecting the Public fromRisky Groups; 2 Community-Based Management ofSexual Offender Risk: Options andOpportunities; 3 Female Sex Offenders: Gender andRisk Perception; 4 New Technologies, 'Risk' andSexual Offending; 5 Sex Offending and Sex Tourism:Problems, Policy and Challenges; 6 Sexual Offending TreatmentProgrammes: The Importance ofEvidence-Informed Practice; 7 Understanding and Responding toPersons with Special Needs WhoHave Sexually Offended
8 Risky Business? SupportingDesistance from Sexual Offending9 Tales from the Trenches: Zoomingin on the Process of Desistancefrom Sexual Offending; 10 Creativity and Rehabilitation: WhatElse Might Work in Changing SexOffenders' Behaviour?; 11 Managing Sex Offenders in the UK:Challenges for Policy and Practice; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement.
Forensic psychology.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Criminology.
Social policy.
Sexual behavior.
Sexual psychology.
Community psychology.
Environmental psychology.
Forensic Psychology.
Crime and Society.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Social Policy.
Sexual Behavior.
Community and Environmental Psychology.