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Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community
Karen Harrison
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Description for Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community
Paperback. Sex offenders, and in particular paedophiles, have been the subject of political and media attention, and there have been intensive debates about the best way of dealing with them. This book explores these issues, It evaluates the measures including drug treatment, MAPPA, the use of the Sex Offender Register, and satellite-tracking technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKVQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Sex offenders, and in particular paedophiles, have been the subject of much political and media attention, producing intensive debates about the best way of dealing with them. This book explores these issues, evaluating the measures in use or being considered, including drug treatment, MAPPA, the use of the Sex Offender Register, restorative justice techniques, and treatment programmes. It is concerned with high-risk sex offenders both when they are sentenced to a community order, and also when they are released back into the community after a custodial sentence. The introductory section opens with a discussion ... Read more
Sex offenders, and in particular paedophiles, have been the subject of much political and media attention, producing intensive debates about the best way of dealing with them. This book explores these issues, evaluating the measures in use or being considered, including drug treatment, MAPPA, the use of the Sex Offender Register, restorative justice techniques, and treatment programmes. It is concerned with high-risk sex offenders both when they are sentenced to a community order, and also when they are released back into the community after a custodial sentence. The introductory section opens with a discussion ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cullompton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843925262
SKU
V9781843925262
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Ref
99-1
About Karen Harrison
Karen Harrison is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Hull.
Reviews for Managing High Risk Sex Offenders in the Community
'Karen Harrison, the editor, closes the preface with this comment: whether he overall aim (to identify methods to prevent further sexual victimization) has been achieved is for the reader to assess . According to this humble reader, this aim is fully achieved if, and only if, professionals consider the conclusions reached by the authors. This is an extraordinary book ... Read more