Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is sex crime? / Karen Terry -- Female Sex Offenders / Gill McIvor -- A developmental life-course perspective of juvenile and adult sexual offending / Patrick Lussier, Arjan Blokland -- Victimization and Revictimization / Sandra Walklate, Jody Clay-Warner -- Child sexual abuse / Dana Hayward, Ross Cheit -- Alcohol and Drugs in relation to sexual offending / Paul M.G. Emmelkamp, Fleur Kraanen -- Role of Policy in Preventing Sexual Violence / Richard Wright -- The Policing of Sexual Activity / Terry Thomas -- Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and legislation / Karen Harrison -- Exploring the methods behind sexual violence estimates: The composition and findings from national and international surveys / Bonnie S. Fisher, Heidi Scherer -- The aftermath of sex offender registration and other controls / Kristen M. Zgoba -- Risk Assessment of Sex Offenders / Howard Barbaree, Robert A. Prentky -- Treatment of Sex offenders: Concepts and empirical evaluations / Friedrich Lèosel, Martin Schmucker -- Informal Social Control of Sex Offenders: The Family and Other Forms of Support / Kimberly R. Kras -- Public Perceptions of Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders / Mark C. Stafford, Donna M. Vandiver -- The media response to sex crime / Jennifer Klein -- The Pedophile in Popular Culture: Fictional Representations of Sex Crime / Steven Kohm -- Social Media, Cyberspace and Sex Crime: Deviant and Democratising Spaces / Maggie Wykes -- The Criminalisation of Sexual Behaviour / Gail Hawkes, Xanthe Mallet -- The explanation of sexual offending / Tony Ward, Anthony Beech -- Prostitution and sex work / Teela Sanders, Barbara G. Brents -- Pornography / Clarissa Smith -- Sex trafficking and control / Maggy Lee -- Sexual offenders and human rights: protecting victims / Astrid Birgden, Tony Ward -- Restorative justice and sex offending / Anne Marie McAlinden -- Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children / Jenny Pearce -- Victim - Offender overlap amongst sex offenders / Wesley G. Jennings, Caitlyn Meade -- Rape and domestic sexual assault / Lisa L. Sample, Emily C. Radar -- Sexual homicide and violent offenders / Eric Beauregard -- The Juvenille Sex Offender: Criminal careers and recidivism risk / Catrien Bijleveld, Chantal van den Berg, Jan Hendriks.

There has been a significant increase in the focus on sex offending in recent years. This has occurred in both the academic and the public spheres. In attempting to understand sexual offending, this collection recognizes two different discourses that currently operate in relation to sex crime. At the public level there is an explicit focus on regulation and control. At the same time there has been a less public but equally fervent discourse centered on the importance of the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. The Handbook moves from theoretical explanations to a dissection of who the offenders are, who the victims are, and how offenders are treated and managed; it then proceeds onward, using a sociological lens to examine the social and cultural contexts in which crimes and sexual activities take place.

Specialized.

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