LEADER 03893nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910827728503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-6530-0 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814765302 035 $a(CKB)2550000000047438 035 $a(EBL)865788 035 $a(OCoLC)751980642 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606668 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11973795 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606668 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581783 035 $a(PQKB)10167534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865788 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4893 035 $a(DE-B1597)546837 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814765302 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000047438 100 $a20110224d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSex fiends, perverts, and pedophiles $eunderstanding sex crime policy in America /$fChrysanthi S. Leon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-5326-4 311 0 $a0-8147-5258-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPunishment stories -- The sexual psychopath era (1930-1955) -- The era of rehabilatative debate : 1950-1980 -- Sex offender rehabilitation in California from 1950-1980 : how it worked -- The old and the new : sex offender policy in the containment era, 1980-present -- Experts and governance : shifting politics and disappearing strategies -- Chilling effects -- National sex offender punishment trends since 1920. 330 $aFrom Megan?s Law to Jessica?s Law, almost every state in the nation has passed some law to punish sex offenders. This popular tough-on-crime legislation is often written after highly-publicized cases have made the gruesome rounds through the media, and usually features harsh sentences, lifetime GPS monitoring, a dramatic expansion of the civil commitment procedures, and severe restrictions on where released sex offenders may live. In Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles, Chrysanthi Leon argues that, while the singular notion of the sexual boogeyman has been used to justify these harsh policies, not all sex offenders are the same and such ?one size fits all? policies can unfairly punish other offenders of lesser crimes, needlessly targeting, sometimes ostracizing, citizens from their own communities. While many recognize that prison is not the right tool for every crime problem, Leon compellingly argues that the U.S. maintains a one-size-fits-all approach to sexual offending which is undermining public safety. Leon explains how we?ve reached this point?with a large incarcerated sex offender population, many of whom will be released in the coming years with multiple barriers to their success in the community, and without much expertise to guide them or to guide those who are charged to help them. Leon argues that we cannot blame the public, nor even the politicians, except indirectly. Instead, we might blame the institutions we charge with making placement decisions and with the experts?both those who have chosen to work in the field and those who have caused its marginalization. Ultimately, Leon shows that when policies intended for the worst offenders take over, all of us suffer. 606 $aSex crimes$zUnited States 606 $aSex offenders$zUnited States 606 $aChild molesters$zUnited States 615 0$aSex crimes 615 0$aSex offenders 615 0$aChild molesters 676 $a364.15/30973 700 $aLeon$b Chrysanthi S$01088490 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827728503321 996 $aSex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles$93926421 997 $aUNINA