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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-268) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Retribution : the political and policy-making context -- Restorative and reintegrative theory -- Managing sexual offenders in the community : current problems -- Sex offender registration and community notification -- Control in the community -- Reintegrative shaming practices -- Reintegrative justice : addressing the critics -- Managing risk : from retribution to reintegration. |
| Summary |
Sex offenders, particularly those who offend against children, feature prominently in contemporary law and order debates. Child sexual abuse is a small component of the broader category of 'gendered and sexualised violence' which causes significant trauma for victims yet continues to evade conventional approaches to justice. This is evidenced not only by the low number of prosecutions, due mostly to low levels of reporting and evidential difficulties at trial, but also by the failure of the justice system to prevent re-offending, largely due to the limited availability and effectiveness of pri. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain.
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Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation. |
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Great Britain. |
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Sex offenders. |
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Restorative justice -- Great Britain.
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Restorative justice. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McAlinden, Anne-Marie. Shaming of sexual offenders. Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2007 (DLC) 2007298156 |
| ISBN |
9781847313584 (electronic book) |
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1847313582 (electronic book) |
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1281082635 |
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9781281082633 |
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9781841135922 (paperback) |
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1841135925 (paperback) |
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