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Perverts and Predators - The Making of Sexual Offending Laws (Hardcover, New)
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Perverts and Predators - The Making of Sexual Offending Laws (Hardcover, New)
Series: Issues in Crime and Justice
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Perverts and Predators elaborates on the numerous factors that have
contributed to the passage of sexual offending laws in the United
States. Authors Lisa and Laura Zilney weave together a story of how
sex crimes laws were created by analyzing the changing roles of
religion and the medical community, offering theoretical
explanations for sex offending from the unique perspectives of
criminology and sexology. Working under the central premise that
sex and sexuality are positive and healthy and that the only way to
deal with the issue of sexual offending is through sex positive
education and counseling, Zilney and Zilney trace the history of
sex offending laws and highlight cases in the media that
contributed to increasingly punitive legislation. The authors
provide information concerning the prevalence and incidence of sex
offending, including victim and offender profiles and the frequency
and types of offenses committed in order to give readers greater
understanding of the problem. They discuss politics as a major
player in the creation of a moral panic surrounding sex offenders
and fueling public outrage to garner support for "get tough" laws.
The management of sex offenders in society is discussed, as are
consequences of the punitive approach for both the offender and the
victim. Comparative case studies are used to explore what the
United States could learn from other countries' approaches to
sexual offending.
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