NCJ Number
230796
Editor(s)
Karen Harrison
Date Published
2010
Length
333 pages
Annotation
This book brings together up-to-date research by academics, policymakers, and practitioners from England, Wales, Canada, the United States and the Netherlands in order to document and critique how sex offenders, particularly high-risk offenders, are managed and treated in the community.
Abstract
The two chapters of Part I examine the definitions and etiology of sex offenders, with particular reference to pedophiles, and review policymaking and treatment related to high-risk sex offenders in England and Wales. The two chapters of Part II, "Risk Management," address research on effective multiagency public protection in managing high-risk sex offenders, as well as the features of the sex offender register in the United Kingdom, community notification (public access to the sex offender register), and related privacy concerns. The three chapters of Part III, "Treatment and Risk Reduction," provide an overview of sex offender treatment programs and their risk-reduction effectiveness, the use of pharmacotherapy with high-risk sex offenders, and the use of restorative justice in the postrelease reintegration of high-risk sex offenders. The four chapters of Part IV, "Special Offender Groups," consider female sexual offenders as a special subgroup; improvement in community collaboration efforts to stop sexual harms committed by youth; issues related to mentally disordered sexual offenders; and the profiles and recidivism of intellectually disabled sexual offenders involved in an outpatient treatment program in the Netherlands. The three chapters of Part V, "Social and Moral Responsibilities," address issues in "cyber-sex" offenses (online-related sex offenses against children); irresponsible media coverage and advocacy against pedophilia in the United Kingdom; and human rights intrusions based in efforts to prevent future offenses by persons assessed as high-risk, dangerous sex offenders. 5 tables, 3 figures, chapter references and notes, and a subject index