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The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma - Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice (Hardcover)
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The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma - Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice (Hardcover)
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The controversy surrounding community responses to housing for
sexually violent predators When a South Carolina couple killed a
registered sex offender and his wife after they moved into their
neighborhood in 2013, the story exposed an extreme and relatively
rare instance of violence against sex offenders. While media
accounts would have us believe that vigilantes across the country
lie in wait for predators who move into their neighborhoods,
responses to sex offenders more often involve collective campaigns
that direct outrage toward political and criminal justice systems.
No community wants a sex offender in its midst, but instead of
vigilantism, Monica Williams argues, citizens often leverage moral,
political, and/or legal authority to keep these offenders out of
local neighborhoods. Her book, the culmination of four years of
research, 70 in-depth interviews, participant observations, and
studies of numerous media sources, reveals the origins and
characteristics of community responses to sexually violent
predators (SVP) in the U.S. Specifically, The Sex Offender Housing
Dilemma examines the placement process for released SVPs in
California and the communities' responses to those placements.
Taking the reader into the center of these related issues, Monica
Williams provokes debate on the role of communities in the
execution of criminal justice policies, while also addressing the
responsibility of government institutions to both groups of
citizens. The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma is sure to promote
increased civic engagement to help strengthen communities, increase
public safety, and ensure government accountability.
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