Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles : : Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America / / Chrysanthi S. Leon.
From Megan’s Law to Jessica’s Law, almost every state in the nation has passed some law to punish sex offenders. This popular tough-on-crime legislation is often written after highly-publicized cases have made the gruesome rounds through the media, and usually features harsh sentences, lifetime GPS...
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Leon, Chrysanthi S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles : Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America / Chrysanthi S. Leon. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Punishment Stories -- 2 The Sexual Psychopath Era -- 3 The Era of Rehabilitative Debate -- 4 Sex Offender Rehabilitation in California and How It Worked -- 5 Sex Offender Policy in the Containment Era -- 6 Experts and Governance -- 7 Chilling Effects -- 8 National Sex Offender Punishment Trends since 1920 -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From Megan’s Law to Jessica’s Law, almost every state in the nation has passed some law to punish sex offenders. This popular tough-on-crime legislation is often written after highly-publicized cases have made the gruesome rounds through the media, and usually features harsh sentences, lifetime GPS monitoring, a dramatic expansion of the civil commitment procedures, and severe restrictions on where released sex offenders may live. In Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles, Chrysanthi Leon argues that, while the singular notion of the sexual boogeyman has been used to justify these harsh policies, not all sex offenders are the same and such ‘one size fits all’ policies can unfairly punish other offenders of lesser crimes, needlessly targeting, sometimes ostracizing, citizens from their own communities.While many recognize that prison is not the right tool for every crime problem, Leon compellingly argues that the U.S. maintains a one-size-fits-all approach to sexual offending which is undermining public safety. Leon explains how we’ve reached this point-with a large incarcerated sex offender population, many of whom will be released in the coming years with multiple barriers to their success in the community, and without much expertise to guide them or to guide those who are charged to help them. Leon argues that we cannot blame the public, nor even the politicians, except indirectly. Instead, we might blame the institutions we charge with making placement decisions and with the experts-both those who have chosen to work in the field and those who have caused its marginalization. Ultimately, Leon shows that when policies intended for the worst offenders take over, all of us suffer. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Child molesters United States United States. Child molesters United States. Sex crimes United States. Sex offenders United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814752586 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814765302.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814765302 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814765302/original |
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