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Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental
disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in
draconian and public punishment. Yet even when evidence shows that
people with these conditions often pose little threat to society,
or lack a core understanding as to why their actions break the law,
the "sex offender legal regime" doesn't allow any room to take the
disability into account. This ground-breaking book offers a
multi-disciplinary examination of how unjust sex offense laws trap
vulnerable groups such as those with developmental disabilities.
Drawing on research, empirical evidence and including case studies,
experts from the fields of law, ethics, psychology and sociology
explore what steps should be taken in order to ensure that laws are
just and take into consideration factors such as the vulnerability
of the perpetrators. Investigating the consequences caused by
public hysteria over sex offenses, this book highlights the
judicial failure to protect defendants with developmental
disabilities in the context of the unjust and hyper-punishment of
all those charged with sex offenses. Proposing a new way forward
based on research and evidence-based sentencing for sex offenses,
and elimination of the sex offender registry, this book offers an
informed and compassionate view that is essential for all
professionals working in this field.
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