Failure to protect : America's sexual predator laws and the rise of the preventive state /
Janus, Eric S.
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-180) and index.
New legislative approaches -- Judicial promises and betrayals -- A factual primer on sexual violence -- Benefits and costs -- Feminism, the culture wars, and sexual violence -- Harbinger of the preventive state? -- There are alternatives -- The politics of sexual violence -- Righting public policy against sexual violence.
Sex offenders
Civil commitment of sex offenders
Sex crimes
Preventive detention