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Autore |
Zilney Lisa Anne |
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Titolo |
Reconsidering sex crimes and offenders [[electronic resource] ] : prosecution or persecution? / / Lisa Anne Zilney and Laura Zilney |
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Santa Barbara, Calif., : ABC-CLIO, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36150-3 |
9786612361500 |
0-313-34858-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sex offenders - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Sex crimes - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-161) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Religion, medicine, and social science -- How many sex offenders are there? -- Creating laws to deal with sex offenders -- Case studies of select laws -- "So called" sex crimes -- Sexually explicit materials -- Nonconsensual offenses -- Separating fact from fiction. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cutting through the hysteria and hype, Reconsidering Sex Crimes and Offenders: Prosecution or Persecution? argues that while convicted violent sex offenders certainly should be punished, many laws targeting minor sexual offenses are outdated, overly severe, and too concerned with satisfying public outrage driven by distortions, misconceptions, and sensationalistic media coverage.||Reconsidering Sex Crimes and Offenders is sure to challenge readers' understanding of who a sex offender is, how they should be treated, and how best to protect the community from such offenders. The book looks at ho |
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