Failure to protect: America's sexual predator laws and the rise of the preventive state

New legislative approaches -- Judicial promises and betrayals -- A factual primer on sexual violence -- Benefits and costs -- Feminism, the culture wars, and sexual violence -- Harbinger of the preventive state? -- There are alternatives -- The politics of sexual violence -- Righting public policy a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janus, Eric S. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [u.a.] Cornell University Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 2193
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Keywords:
Sex Offenders > Legal status, laws, etc > United States
Civil commitment of sex offenders > United States
Sex crimes > United States
Preventive Detention > United States
USA > Sexualdelikt > Prävention
USA > Kind > Sexueller Missbrauch > Prävention
USA > Sexualmord > Prävention
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Summary:New legislative approaches -- Judicial promises and betrayals -- A factual primer on sexual violence -- Benefits and costs -- Feminism, the culture wars, and sexual violence -- Harbinger of the preventive state? -- There are alternatives -- The politics of sexual violence -- Righting public policy against sexual violence
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-180) and index
Physical Description:IX, 184 S, 24 cm
ISBN:0-8014-4378-4
978-0-8014-4378-7