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The Shaming of Sexual Offenders - Risk, Retribution and Reintegration (Paperback)
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The Shaming of Sexual Offenders - Risk, Retribution and Reintegration (Paperback)
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Winner of the 2008 British Society of Criminology Book Prize Sex
offenders, particularly those who offend against children, feature
prominently in contemporary law and order debates. Child sexual
abuse is a small component of the broader category of 'gendered and
sexualised violence' which causes significant trauma for victims
yet continues to evade conventional approaches to justice. This is
evidenced not only by the low number of prosecutions, due mostly to
low levels of reporting and evidential difficulties at trial, but
also by the failure of the justice system to prevent re-offending,
largely due to the limited availability and effectiveness of prison
treatment programmes. Following Braithwaite's dichotomy of
'reintegrative' and 'disintegrative' shaming, this book argues that
contemporary popular and state-led responses to the risk posed by
sex offenders are largely disintegrative in nature. At best, the
offender may be labelled, stigmatised and ostracised from the
community, while at worst, he may be subjected to violence and
vigilante action and ultimately return to offending behaviour. The
failure of these retributive responses means there is considerable
scope for exploring alternative forms of justice and their
potential for improving the outcome for victims, offenders and
communities affected by sexual offences. This book examines the
controversy of whether restorative justice can be applied to child
sexual abuse as one of the most intractable of contemporary
societal problems, and if so, what special considerations might
apply. Although restorative schemes with sex offenders are in short
supply, a few initiatives have developed in Canada and parts of the
United States which have effected significant benefits in
'reintegrative shaming.' The book examines whether such ad hoc
schemes may be of general application with child sexual abuse and
whether they may be implemented on a more holistic basis.
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