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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255262403321

Titolo

Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I [[electronic resource] ] : Perceptions / / edited by Kieran McCartan, Hazel Kemshall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-63567-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 235 p. 11 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society

Disciplina

364.9

Soggetti

Sex crimes

Crime—Sociological aspects

Public safety

Corrections

Punishment

Computer crimes

Sexual Offending

Crime and Society

Crime Control and Security

Prison and Punishment

Cybercrime

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Historical Evolution of Sex Offender Risk Management; Hazel Kemshall -- 2. Public Health, Prevention and Risk Management; Jon Brown -- 3. Public Education, Prevention and Risk Management; Joan Tabachnick, Kieran Mccartan -- 4. Preventive Sentencing; Nicola Padfield -- 5. “An Exceptional Sentence”; Yvonne Gailey, Lesley Martin, Rachel Webb -- 6. Panic or Placebo?; Andy Williams -- 7. Building and Sustaining a Resilient Workforce; Lydia Guthrie -- 8. The Third Sector Role in Managing Serious Offenders; Mary S Corcoran, Sam Weston.

Sommario/riassunto

This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both



construct and respond to unknown and known sex offenders within the contexts of criminal justice, health and social policy. The chapters provide an oversight of contemporary policies, practices and debates within the area to help both professionals and researchers. The collection focuses on emerging areas (public health approaches, prevention, public perceptions of sexual abuse, and social constructionism), as well as more traditional topics (media, preventative and exceptional sentencing, resilience, and work force development). The authors examine public and professional engagement on sex offender management, and the changing socio-political landscape of sexual offender management. A bold and engaging volume, this edited collection will be of great importance to scholars and practitioners interested in perceptions of sexual offending.