Dangerousness, risk and the governance of serious sexual and violent offenders
By: by Karen Harrison
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780415668620; 9780415668637
Subjects: Corrections; Violent offenders; Crime prevention; Sex offenders
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dangerousness and the dangerous offender; title: Sentencing policy and dangerousness legislation; title: From dangerousness to risk and risk assessment; title: The use of imprisonment; title: Strategies of risk management; title: Strategies of risk reduction; title: Women offenders; title: Children and young people; title: Mentally disordered offenders.