Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community : Risk Management, Treatment and Social Responsibility

ISBN-13: 9781843925255 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 310 str.

Harrison

Opis

Sex offenders, and in particular pedophiles, have been the subject of much political and media attention, and there have been intensive debates about the best way of dealing with them. This book explores the issues of pedophilia from a UK perspective. It evaluates the measures that have been in use or are being considered, including: drug treatment, the UK's Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements, the use of the Sex Offender Register, satellite-tracking technology, restorative justice techniques, and a partial 'Sarah's Law.' It is concerned with high-risk sex offenders both when they are sentenced to a community penalty, and also when they are released back into the community after a custodial sentence. The introductory section opens with a discussion on how terms such as pedophilia are constructed and viewed, and then it looks at how UK government policy regarding sex offending has developed over recent years. The chapters question whether enough is being done to monitor the risk

Recenzje

'Karen Harrison, the editor, closes the preface with this comment: "whether he overall aim (to identify methods to prevent further sexual victimization) has been achieved is for the reader to assess". According to this humble reader, this aim is fully achieved if, and only if, professionals consider the conclusions reached by the authors. This is an extraordinary book that truly opens the eyes. All professionals wanting to really understand paedophilia should consider this book compulsory reading. It not only includes difficult theoretical questions but also raises practical challenges which must be taken into consideration when researching and in practice.' – Olga Sanchez De Ribera, PhD Student, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge in the Howard Journal Vol 49 No 5. December 2010

Spis treści

Preface  Part 1: Introduction  1. Paedophilia: Definitions and Aetiology  2. High-risk Sex offenders: Issues of Policy  Part 2: Risk Management  3. Effective Multi-agency Public Protection: Learning from the Research  4. The Sex Offender Register, Community Notification and Some Reflections on Privacy  Part 3: Treatment and Risk Reduction  5. An Introduction to Sex Offender Treatment Programmes and their Risk Reduction Efficacy  6. The Use of Pharmacotherapy with High-risk Sex Offenders  7. Restorative Justice and the Reintegration of High-risk Sex Offenders  Part 4: Special Offender Groups  8. Female Sexual Offenders: A Special Sub-group  9. Enhancing Community Collaboration to Stop Sexual Harm by Youth  10. Mentally Disordered Sex Offenders  11. Intellectualy Disabled Sexual Offenders: Subgroup Profiling and Recidivism after Outpatient Treatment  Part 4: Social and Moral Responsibilities  12. Cyber-sex Offenders: Patterns, Prevention and Protection  13. Media Constructions of and Reactions to Paedophilia in Society  14. Dignity and Dangerousness: Sex Offenders and the Community – Human Rights in the Balance?

O autorze

Karen Harrison is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Hull.