Failure to Protect : : America's Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State / / Eric S. Janus.
Most crimes of sexual violence are committed by people known to the victim—acquaintances and family members. Yet politicians and the media overemphasize predatory strangers when legislating against and reporting on sexual violence. In this book, Eric S. Janus goes far beyond sensational headlines to...
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Janus, Eric S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Failure to Protect : America's Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State / Eric S. Janus. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2009 1 online resource (200 p.) : 2 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: The Worst of the Worst? -- Part I FATEFUL CHOICES -- CHAPTER ONE. New Legislative Approaches -- CHAPTER TWO. Judicial Promises and Betrayals -- CHAPTER THREE. A Factual Primer on Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER FOUR. Benefits and Costs -- Part II CONSEQUENCES -- CHAPTER FIVE. Feminism, the Culture Wars, and Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER SIX. Harbinger of the Preventive State? -- Part III COURSE CORRECTIONS -- CHAPTER SEVEN. There Are Alternatives -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Politics of Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER NINE. Righting Public Policy against Sexual Violence -- NOTES -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Most crimes of sexual violence are committed by people known to the victim—acquaintances and family members. Yet politicians and the media overemphasize predatory strangers when legislating against and reporting on sexual violence. In this book, Eric S. Janus goes far beyond sensational headlines to expose the reality of the laws designed to prevent sexual crimes. He shows that "sexual predator" laws, which have intense public and political support, are counterproductive. Janus contends that aggressive measures such as civil commitment and Megan's law, which are designed to restrain sex offenders before they can commit another crime, are bad policy and do little to actually reduce sexual violence. Further, these new laws make use of approaches such as preventive detention and actuarial profiling that violate important principles of liberty.Janus argues that to prevent sexual violence, policymakers must address the deep-seated societal problems that allow it to flourish. In addition to criminal sanctions, he endorses the specific efforts of some advocates, organizations, and social scientists to stop sexual violence by, for example, taking steps to change the attitudes and behaviors of school-age children and adolescents, improving public education, and promoting community treatment and supervision of previous offenders.Janus also warns that the principles underlying the predator laws may be the early harbingers of a "preventive state" in which the government casts wide nets of surveillance and intervenes to curtail liberty before crimes of any type occur. More than a critique of the status quo, this book discusses serious alternatives and how best to overcome the political obstacles to achieving rational policy. 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 26. Apr 2024) Civil commitment of sex offenders United States. Preventive detention United States. Sex crimes United States. Sex offenders Legal status, laws, etc. United States. American Studies. Legal History & Studies. Political Science & Political History. LAW / Criminal Law / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501731167 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501731167 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501731167/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: The Worst of the Worst? -- Part I FATEFUL CHOICES -- CHAPTER ONE. New Legislative Approaches -- CHAPTER TWO. Judicial Promises and Betrayals -- CHAPTER THREE. A Factual Primer on Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER FOUR. Benefits and Costs -- Part II CONSEQUENCES -- CHAPTER FIVE. Feminism, the Culture Wars, and Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER SIX. Harbinger of the Preventive State? -- Part III COURSE CORRECTIONS -- CHAPTER SEVEN. There Are Alternatives -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Politics of Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER NINE. Righting Public Policy against Sexual Violence -- NOTES -- INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: The Worst of the Worst? -- Part I FATEFUL CHOICES -- CHAPTER ONE. New Legislative Approaches -- CHAPTER TWO. Judicial Promises and Betrayals -- CHAPTER THREE. A Factual Primer on Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER FOUR. Benefits and Costs -- Part II CONSEQUENCES -- CHAPTER FIVE. Feminism, the Culture Wars, and Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER SIX. Harbinger of the Preventive State? -- Part III COURSE CORRECTIONS -- CHAPTER SEVEN. There Are Alternatives -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Politics of Sexual Violence -- CHAPTER NINE. Righting Public Policy against Sexual Violence -- NOTES -- INDEX |
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