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This text provides an account of the nature and extent of sex crime and offending in contemporary Britain, and the policies and legislative actions taken to combat this. Sex offenders have become "demonized" figures, and there has been a need to explain the phenomena and formulate appropri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Terry
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cullompton, Devon, UK ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2000.
Subjects:
Sex crimes > Great Britain.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001280209.html
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1
  • Forms of sex offending 3
  • The law 5
  • Consent 7
  • The private and the public 11
  • Dangerousness and risk 12
  • Present approaches 13
  • 2 The sex offender 'problem' - and responses 15
  • Popular explanations and responses 16
  • 'Expert' explanations and responses 24
  • Summary 33
  • 3 Social responses to the sex offender: an historical perspective 34
  • Pre-industrial times to 1800 34
  • 1800 to 1900 37
  • 1900 to 1970 47
  • Summary 53
  • 4 Policing sex offenders 55
  • Local policing 55
  • National policing 64
  • International policing 66
  • The Forensic Science Service 68
  • Summary 70
  • 5 The search for justice - at court 71
  • Prosecuting 71
  • The court hearing 74
  • Children's evidence 76
  • Reports to court 78
  • Sentencing 79
  • Summary 83
  • 6 The search for justice - after court 84
  • Community sentences 84
  • Custodial sentences 89
  • Post-custodial supervision 91
  • Indeterminate sentences 101
  • Summary 104
  • 7 A sex offender 'register' 106
  • Origins of a policy 106
  • The Bill 108
  • The parliamentary debate 110
  • The Sex Offenders Act 1997 113
  • Implementing the Sex Offenders Act 1997 115
  • Community notification 117
  • Risk assessment 121
  • Summary 122
  • 8 The search for protection 123
  • Protection in the home 123
  • Protection in the workplace 130
  • The pre-employment screening of child care workers 137
  • Protection in the community 146
  • Summary 153
  • 9 Conclusions 155
  • Child prostitution 155
  • Risk assessment and dangerousness revisited 157
  • The central role of personal information 158
  • The rights of the sex offender 160
  • An international problem 162
  • Bibliography 144
  • Index 183.

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