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Shaming the Constitution - The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation (Paperback)
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Shaming the Constitution - The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation (Paperback)
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Convicted sexually violent predators are more vilified, more
subject to media misrepresentation, and more likely to be denied
basic human rights than any other population. Shaming the
Constitution authors Michael Perlin and Heather Cucolo question the
intentions of sex offender laws, offering new approaches to this
most complex (and controversial) area of law and social policy. The
authors assert that sex offender laws and policies are
unconstitutional and counter-productive. The legislation largely
fails to add to public safety-even ruining lives for what are, in
some cases, trivial infractions. Shaming the Constitution draws on
law, behavioral sciences, and other disciplines to show that many
of the "solutions" to penalizing sexually violent predators are
"wrong," as they create the most repressive and useless laws. In
addition to tracing the history of sex offender laws, the authors
address the case of Jesse Timmendequas, whose crime begat "Megan's
Law;" the media's role in creating a "moral panic;" recidivism
statistics and treatments, as well as international human rights
laws. Ultimately, they call attention to the flaws in the system so
we can find solutions that contribute to public safety in ways that
do not mock Constitutional principles.
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