Sex offending, and in particular child sex offending, is a
complex area for policy makers, theorists and practitioners. A
focus on punishment has reinforced sex offending as a problem that
is essentially other to society and discourages engagement with the
real scale and scope of sexual offending in the UK. This book looks
at the growth of work with sex offenders, questioning assumptions
about the range and types of such offenders and what effective
responses to these might be.
Divided into four sections, this book sets out the growth of a
broad legislative context and the emergence of child sexual
offenders in criminal justice policy and practice. It goes on to
consider a range of offences and victim typologies arguing that
work with offenders and victims is complex and can provide a rich
source of theoretical and practical knowledge that should be
utilised more fully by both policy makers and practitioners. It
includes work on female sex offenders, electronic monitoring and
animal abuse as well as exploring interventions with sex offenders
in three different contexts; prisons, communities and hostels.
Bringing together academic, practice and policy experts, the
book argues that a clear but complex theoretical and policy
approach is required if the risk of re- offending and further
victimisation is to be reduced. Ultimately, this book questions
whether it makes sense to locate responsibility for responding to
sexual offending solely within the criminal justice domain.
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