The Dilemma of the Sexual Offender.

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Author / Creator:Palermo, George B.
Imprint:Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (253 pages)
Language:English
Series:American Series in Behavioral Science & Law
American series in behavioral science and law.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11233770
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Other authors / contributors:Farkas, Mary Ann.
ISBN:9780398083014
0398083010
Notes:Referencesauthor index; subject index.
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Summary:This book was born out of the pressure imposed on forensic experts by the new sexual predator laws and the dilemma they have created. These include how we conceptualize sexual offenders and their victimization, how to manage and control sex offender behavior, and how to resolve the conflict of forensic experts in the roles of both treatment providers and as agents of social control under the mandates of sex-offender specific laws. The book is a synthesis of the clinical research on the subject by a large number of scholars presented within the larger perspective of the problem itself, closer t.
Other form:Print version: Palermo, George B. Dilemma of the Sexual Offender. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©2001 9780398072001