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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Autor principal: Janus, Eric S. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [u.a.] Cornell University Press 2006
En:Año: 2006
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Civil commitment of sex offenders > United States
Preventive Detention > United States
Sex Offenders > Legal status, laws, etc > United States
Sex crimes > United States
USA > Kind > Sexueller Missbrauch > Prävention
USA > Sexualdelikt > Prävention
USA > Sexualmord > Prävention
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-180) and index
Descripción Física:IX, 184 S 24 cm
ISBN:0801443784
9780801443787