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Responding to Sexual Offending

Perceptions, Risk Management and Public Protection

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Kieran McCartan

    1. University of the West of England, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)

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This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Realities of Legislating Against and Protecting the Public from Risky Groups

    • Andrew Williams, Mike Nash
    Pages 1-19

  3. Community-Based Management of Sexual Offender Risk: Options and Opportunities

    • Robin J. Wilson, David S. Prescott
    Pages 20-47

  4. Female Sex Offenders: Gender and Risk Perception

    • Ian A. Elliott, Alexandra Bailey
    Pages 48-71

  5. New Technologies, ‘Risk’ and Sexual Offending

    • Ruth McAlister
    Pages 72-92

  6. Sex Offending and Sex Tourism: Problems, Policy and Challenges

    • Duncan McPhee
    Pages 93-110

  7. Sexual Offending Treatment Programmes: The Importance of Evidence-Informed Practice

    • Adam J. Carter
    Pages 111-127

  8. Understanding and Responding to Persons with Special Needs Who Have Sexually Offended

    • Robin J. Wilson, David S. Prescott
    Pages 128-152

  9. Risky Business? Supporting Desistance from Sexual Offending

    • Beth Weaver, Monica Barry
    Pages 153-170

  10. Tales from the Trenches: Zooming in on the Process of Desistance from Sexual Offending

    • Danielle Arlanda Harris
    Pages 170-188

  11. Creativity and Rehabilitation: What Else Might Work in Changing Sex Offenders’ Behaviour?

    • Charlotte Bilby
    Pages 189-205

  12. Managing Sex Offenders in the UK: Challenges for Policy and Practice

    • Hazel Kemshall, Kieran McCartan
    Pages 206-226

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 227-231
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of England, UK

    Kieran McCartan

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Alexandra Bailey, Lucy Faithfull Foundation, UK. Monica Barry, University of Strathclyde, UK. Charlotte Bilby, Northumbria University, UK. Adam Carter, National Offender Management Services, UK. Ian Elliott, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. Danielle Harris, San Jose State University, USA. Hazel Kemshall, DeMontfort University, UK. Ruth McAlister, University of Ulster, UK. Duncan McPhee, University of the West of England, UK. Mike Nash, University of Portsmouth, UK. David Prescott, Becket Family of Services, USA. Beth Weaver, University of Strathclyde, UK. Andrew Williams, Portsmouth University, UK. Robin Wilson, Humber College, USA.

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