Current perspectives on sex crimes / / edited by Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 403 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.15/3
• Soggetto topico: Sex crimes; Sex offenders
• Altri autori: HolmesRonald M HolmesStephen T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-391) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; UNIT 1: A BASIC OVERVIEW; 1 - Sex in the 21st Century; UNIT 2: NUISANCE SEX BEHAVIORS AND CRIME; 2 - Swinging; 3 - The Transformative Power of Sex Work; 4 - Entry, Maintenance, and Departure From a Career in the Sex Industry; 5 - Prostitution, the Sex Industry, and Sex Tourism; 6 - Voyeurism; 7 - Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places; 8 - Developmental Implications of Victimization of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth; 9 - Inmate Sexual Assault; 10 - Sexual Assault and Coercion Among Incarcerated Women Prisoners ; 11 - The Creation of and Considerations Surrounding Megan's Law12 - Cognitive Distortions Among Women Reporting Childhood Sexual Abuse; 13 - The Self-Reported Behaviors of Juvenile Sexual Offenders; UNIT 5 - DANGEROUS SEX CRIMES; 15 - Fractured Identity Syndrome; 16 - Criminal Behavioral Assessment of Arsonists, Pyromaniacs, and Multiple Firesetters; 17 - Profiles of Psychopathy in Incarcerated Sexual Offenders; 18 - Prevalence and Consequences of Male-to-Female and Female-to-Male Intimate Partner Violence as Measured by the National Violence Against Women Survey; UNIT 6 - RAPE ; 19 - The Role of Offender Alcohol Use in Rape Attacks20 - Assisting Rape Victims as They Recover From Rape; 21 - Services for Sexual Assault Survivors; UNIT 7 - SPECIAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF SEX BEHAVIORS AND CRIMES; 22 - The Sexual Victimization of College Women; 23 - Where Should We Intervene?; 25 - Criminal Profiling; References; Index; About the Editors
• Sommario/riassunto: This wide-ranging anthology offers a variety of perspectives with excerpts from books and current articles from research journals, plus four original contributed articles, on the major types of sex crimes and offenders, therapies, juvenile sex offenses, and nuisance sexual activities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Current perspectives on sex crimes
• ISBN: 1-322-30677-X; 1-4522-2945-7; 1-4522-6277-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827911403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II