Sex Offenders in the Community
Subtitle: Managing and Reducing the Risks (Cambridge Criminal Justice Series)
Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781843920151
Subjects: English criminal law: offences against the person; Offenders; Social work; True Crime / Espionage; General; Law; DÃ¢elinquants sexuels; Criminal Law - General; Delinquants sexuels; Dâelinquants sexuels; Sex offenders
First sentence: In Philip K. Dick's 1956 short story 'Minority Report' (Dick 2002), the Department of Precrime solves the problem of violent crime by the simple expedient of looking into the future, arresting potential criminals, and punishing them before they commit their offences.