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Policing Sexual Offences and Sex Offenders
Terry Thomas
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Description for Policing Sexual Offences and Sex Offenders
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society. Num Pages: 125 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSW1; JKVQ; JMU; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Sexual offending has become a mainstay item of reporting in our daily newspapers, and television news bulletins. This book offers an account of the policing of sexual offences and the difficulties that confront the police in the investigation of these intrusive crimes. It surveys the breath of sexual offences and examines the reporting of sexual crime and the attrition level that follows. It proceeds by critically assessing the efforts the police are making to overcome these difficulties and the degree to which they are making progress. The book outlines the relatively new police role of policing the convicted sex ... Read more
Sexual offending has become a mainstay item of reporting in our daily newspapers, and television news bulletins. This book offers an account of the policing of sexual offences and the difficulties that confront the police in the investigation of these intrusive crimes. It surveys the breath of sexual offences and examines the reporting of sexual crime and the attrition level that follows. It proceeds by critically assessing the efforts the police are making to overcome these difficulties and the degree to which they are making progress. The book outlines the relatively new police role of policing the convicted sex ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137532381
SKU
V9781137532381
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About Terry Thomas
Terry Thomas is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He has taught on criminology courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is the author of Criminal Records: A Database for the Criminal Justice System and Beyond (2007) and The Registration and Monitoring of Sex Offenders: A Comparative Study (2011).
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