Sex Crime
Thomas, Terry
Sex Crime Sex Offending and Society - U K Willan Publication 2000 - 192p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Introduction ..1 Forms of sex offending ...3 The law ...5 Consent ...7 The private and the public ...11 Dangerousness and risk ...12 Present approaches ...13 2 The sex offender problem and responses ...15 Popular explanations and responses ...16 Expert explanations and responses ...24 Summary ...33 3 Social responses to the sex offender: an historical perspective ...34 Pre industrial times to 1800 ..34 1800 to 1900 ..37 1900 to 1970 ...47 Summary ...53 4 Policing sex offenders ...55 Local policing ...55 National policing ...64 International policing ...66 The forensic science service ...68 Summary ...70 5 The search for justice at court ...71 Prosecuting ...71 The court hearing ...74 Children`s evidence ...76 Report to court ...78 Sentencing ...79 Summary ...83 6 The search for justice after court ...84 Community sentences ...84 custodial supervision ...89 Post custodial supervision ...91 Indeterminate sentences ...101 Summary ...104 7 A sex offender register ...106 Origins of a policy ...106 The bill ...108 The parliamentary debate ...110 The sex offenders act 1997 ...113 Implementing the sex offenders act 1997 ...115 Risk assessment ...121 Summary ...122 8 The search for protection ...123 Protection in the home ...123 Protection in the workplace ...130 The rpe employment screening of child care workers ...137 Protection in the community ...146 Summary ...153 9 Conclusions ...155 Child prostitution ...155 Risk assessment and dangerousness revisited ...157 The central role of personal information ...158 The rights of the sex offender ...160 An international problem ...162
1903240018 979
P58 / T361
Sex Crime Sex Offending and Society - U K Willan Publication 2000 - 192p
includes index and biblioraphy
1 Introduction ..1 Forms of sex offending ...3 The law ...5 Consent ...7 The private and the public ...11 Dangerousness and risk ...12 Present approaches ...13 2 The sex offender problem and responses ...15 Popular explanations and responses ...16 Expert explanations and responses ...24 Summary ...33 3 Social responses to the sex offender: an historical perspective ...34 Pre industrial times to 1800 ..34 1800 to 1900 ..37 1900 to 1970 ...47 Summary ...53 4 Policing sex offenders ...55 Local policing ...55 National policing ...64 International policing ...66 The forensic science service ...68 Summary ...70 5 The search for justice at court ...71 Prosecuting ...71 The court hearing ...74 Children`s evidence ...76 Report to court ...78 Sentencing ...79 Summary ...83 6 The search for justice after court ...84 Community sentences ...84 custodial supervision ...89 Post custodial supervision ...91 Indeterminate sentences ...101 Summary ...104 7 A sex offender register ...106 Origins of a policy ...106 The bill ...108 The parliamentary debate ...110 The sex offenders act 1997 ...113 Implementing the sex offenders act 1997 ...115 Risk assessment ...121 Summary ...122 8 The search for protection ...123 Protection in the home ...123 Protection in the workplace ...130 The rpe employment screening of child care workers ...137 Protection in the community ...146 Summary ...153 9 Conclusions ...155 Child prostitution ...155 Risk assessment and dangerousness revisited ...157 The central role of personal information ...158 The rights of the sex offender ...160 An international problem ...162
1903240018 979
P58 / T361