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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) :; 2 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- 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