Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders: Research and Realities

Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders: Research and Realities
ISBN-10
131738525X
ISBN-13
9781317385257
Category
Social Science
Pages
354
Language
English
Published
2016-12-08
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Authors
Donna Vandiver, Jeremy Braithwaite

Description

Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders: Research and Realities provides an overview of social scientific theory and research on sex crimes and sex offenders. Most other books on the market are focused on a single issue—such as treatment, rape, pedophilia, theory, etc. This book is unique in that it covers the most current theory and research along with individual cases of sex crimes (e.g., Kobe Bryant, Jerry Sandusky, and other case studies), effectively linking theory and research with the realities of sex crimes and sex offenders as well as their victims. Vandiver, Braithwaite, and Stafford are careful to dispel myths and to focus on the heterogeneity of sex crimes and sex offenders, and not on any one issue or population or theory. Instead, they weave a framework using a full range of theoretical concepts and research data to integrate their discussions of crimes, offenders, victims, treatments, and policy implications. The result is a valuable resource for students and early-stage researchers investigating sex crimes or offenders.

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