Sexual Offending

Name: Sexual Offending
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138697034
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A Criminological Perspective

Series: Global Issues in Crime and Justice

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Sexual Offending explores the complex nature of sexual offending through a multidisciplinary lens, integrating insights from psychology, psychiatry, sociology, gender studies, anthropology, and criminology. The book addresses critical questions about the distinct factors driving sex crimes compared to other offences, applicability of existing models to various contexts such as college campuses and online child exploitation, the trajectory from youth involvement to adult offending, risks of recidivism, effectiveness of risk assessment tools, and the impact of legal measures. It also discusses challenges in investigating such crimes, offering a comprehensive overview for academics and professionals.
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This title is essential for students and researchers in criminology, psychology, psychiatry, sexology, social work, and sociology. It is also highly relevant to criminal justice practitioners including police investigators, prosecutors, judges, probation and parole officers, as well as treatment providers and counsellors working with sex offenders.

This book brings together leading scholars to consider key topics on sexual offending and, where possible, compares and contrasts criminological viewpoints with those of other disciplines, such as psychology and psychiatry.

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There is growing recognition that sexual offending is a multi-determined phenomenon requiring a multi-disciplinary perspective. The significant contribution of psychology and psychiatry, but also sociology, gender studies and anthropology to the study of sex offending and perpetrators of sex offenses has played a key role in the development of a distinct field of research. In recent years, however, there has been an increase in criminological research on the topic, introducing criminological theory and concepts, scientific evidence and observations, and new methodologies to the field.

Sexual Offending brings together international leading scholars to consider key topics on sex offending and, where possible, compare and contrast criminological viewpoints with those of other disciplines, such as psychology and psychiatry. This book considers the following questions:

Are the key explanatory factors of sex offenses completely distinct and different from those of non-sex crime and delinquency?
Are current models explaining adult sex offending also applicable to explain sex crimes on college campuses, female sex offending, sexual exploitation, sexual homicide, or child luring over the internet?
Are today’s youth involved in sex offenses tomorrow’s adult perpetrators of sex crimes?
What is the risk of sexual recidivism and are risk assessment tools effective to identify individuals at-risk of committing another sex crime in the future?
Are current legal measures used to prevent sex crimes effective? What are the known effects of such measures?
What are the issues and challenges related to the criminal investigation of sex offenses?

This book is essential reading for students and researchers from disciplines such as criminology, psychiatry, psychology, sexology, social work and sociology, as well as criminal justice professionals and practitioners such as police investigators, prosecutors, judges, probation/parole officers, and treatment providers/counsellors involved with individuals having perpetrated sex offenses.

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"Sexual Offending: A Criminological Approach is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of an important social problem," writes D. Kim Rossmo, a leading criminologist. He praises the volume for its evidence-based research, practical and policy relevance, and for bringing together scholars bridging psychology and criminology to enhance understanding and prevention of sexual offending.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138697034

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 April 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 10 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Patrick Lussier
Edited by Eric Beauregard

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 960g

Pages: 410

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About the Author

Patrick Lussier is a Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Work and Criminology at the Université Laval, in Quebec City, Canada.

Eric Beauregard is a Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

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