Sex crime
Subtitle: sex offending and society
By: Terry Thomas.
Series: Crime and society series
Publisher: Willan Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Cullompton, Devon, UK; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Sex crimes -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1; title: Forms of sex offending 3; title: The law 5; title: Consent 7; title: The private and the public 11; title: Dangerousness and risk 12; title: Present approaches 13; title: 2 The sex offender 'problem' - and responses 15; title: Popular explanations and responses 16; title: 'Expert' explanations and responses 24; title: Summary 33; title: 3 Social responses to the sex offender: an historical perspective 34; title: Pre-industrial times to 1800 34; title: 1800 to 1900 37; title: 1900 to 1970 47; title: Summary 53; title: 4 Policing sex offenders 55; title: Local policing 55; title: National policing 64; title: International policing 66; title: The Forensic Science Service 68; title: Summary 70; title: 5 The search for justice - at court 71; title: Prosecuting 71; title: The court hearing 74; title: Children's evidence 76; title: Reports to court 78; title: Sentencing 79; title: Summary 83; title: 6 The search for justice - after court 84; title: Community sentences 84; title: Custodial sentences 89; title: Post-custodial supervision 91; title: Indeterminate sentences 101; title: Summary 104; title: 7 A sex offender 'register' 106; title: Origins of a policy 106; title: The Bill 108; title: The parliamentary debate 110; title: The Sex Offenders Act 1997 113; title: Implementing the Sex Offenders Act 1997 115; title: Community notification 117; title: Risk assessment 121; title: Summary 122; title: 8 The search for protection 123; title: Protection in the home 123; title: Protection in the workplace 130; title: The pre-employment screening of child care workers 137; title: Protection in the community 146; title: Summary 153; title: 9 Conclusions 155; title: Child prostitution 155; title: Risk assessment and dangerousness revisited 157; title: The central role of personal information 158; title: The rights of the sex offender 160; title: An international problem 162; title: Bibliography 144; title: Index 183.