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Informationen zum Autor Karen Harrison is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Hull, UK. She has published several articles on the use of pharmacotherapy with high-risk sex offenders, is the author of Dangerousness, Risk and the Governance of Serious Sexual and Violent Offenders (2011) and is the editor of Managing High-Risk Sex Offenders in The Community (2010). Dr Harrison is an editorial board member of the Journal of Sexual Aggression and the Prison Service Journal as well as associate editor of Sexual Offender Treatment. Bernadette Rainey is a Lecturer at Cardiff Law School, UK, and the Director of the Cardiff Law School Centre for Human Rights and Public Law. She has published work on several areas of human rights law, including equality duties and sexual offenders. Klappentext This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile, complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethical dimensions of society's response to sex offenders in jurisdictions from the USA to Japan.* The first publication to offer a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of legal and ethical issues relating to sex offender treatment and management* Covers a range of related issues, from media coverage to equality duties* Presents research from numerous national jurisdictions including the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, and Israel* Includes perspectives from respected leading academics and practitioners, including William Marshall, Tony Ward, Doug Boer, Daniel Wilcox, and Marnie Rice "This comprehensive collection of chapters from a stellar cast of contributors clearly fills a gap in the literature and brings together some genuinely international thinking . " ( Prison Service Journal , 1 July 2013) Zusammenfassung This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile, complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethical dimensions of society s response to sex offenders in jurisdictions from the USA to Japan. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Contributors ix Preface xvi Abbreviations xxiv Part One Treating and Managing Sexual Offender Risk in Context: Legal and Ethical Concerns 1 1 Sexual Offenses, Law and Morals: Can Behavior and Attitudes Be Changed by Legal and Moral Efforts? 3 Knut Hermstad 2 Human Rights and Sexual Offenders 18 Bernadette Rainey 3 Sex Offenders, Consent to Treatment and the Politics of Risk 38 Phil Fennell 4 Special Offender Groups and Equality: A Duty to Treat Differently? 63 Bernadette Rainey 5 Expert Evidence, Ethics and the Law 82 Tony Ward 6 Ethical Issues in Sex Offender Research 97 Tony Ward and Gwenda Willis 7 Reintegrative and Disintegrative Shaming: Legal and Ethical Issues 113 Anne-Marie McAlinden 8 "Castrate 'Em!": Treatments, Cures and Ethical Considerations in UK Press Coverage of "Chemical Castration" 129 Peter Brown 9 Sentencing Sex Offenders: An International Comparison of Sentencing Policy and Legislation 150 Karen Harrison 10 Sentencing and Crime Policy for Sex Offenders in Japan: The Possible Impact of the Lay Judge System 168 Mari Hirayama 11 Unique Disadvantages, Unique Needs: Native American Sex Offenders 180 Nora V. Demleitner 12 Mandated Reporting Laws: Experiences from Israel 201 Sheri Oz Part Two Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Treatment 217 13 Treatment for Adult Sex Offenders: May We Reject the Null Hypothesis? 219 Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris 14 Ethical Issues in Treating Sexual Offenders: Applying Empirically Based Process Features of Treatment Delivery 236 W.L. Marshall and L.E. Marshall 15 A Forensic...
List of contents
About the Contributors ix
Preface xvi
Abbreviations xxiv
Part One Treating and Managing Sexual Offender Risk in Context: Legal and Ethical Concerns 1
1 Sexual Offenses, Law and Morals: Can Behavior and Attitudes Be Changed by Legal and Moral Efforts? 3
Knut Hermstad
2 Human Rights and Sexual Offenders 18
Bernadette Rainey
3 Sex Offenders, Consent to Treatment and the Politics of Risk 38
Phil Fennell
4 Special Offender Groups and Equality: A Duty to Treat Differently? 63
Bernadette Rainey
5 Expert Evidence, Ethics and the Law 82
Tony Ward
6 Ethical Issues in Sex Offender Research 97
Tony Ward and Gwenda Willis
7 Reintegrative and Disintegrative Shaming: Legal and Ethical Issues 113
Anne-Marie McAlinden
8 "Castrate 'Em!": Treatments, Cures and Ethical Considerations in UK Press Coverage of "Chemical Castration" 129
Peter Brown
9 Sentencing Sex Offenders: An International Comparison of Sentencing Policy and Legislation 150
Karen Harrison
10 Sentencing and Crime Policy for Sex Offenders in Japan: The Possible Impact of the Lay Judge System 168
Mari Hirayama
11 Unique Disadvantages, Unique Needs: Native American Sex Offenders 180
Nora V. Demleitner
12 Mandated Reporting Laws: Experiences from Israel 201
Sheri Oz
Part Two Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Treatment 217
13 Treatment for Adult Sex Offenders: May We Reject the Null Hypothesis? 219
Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris
14 Ethical Issues in Treating Sexual Offenders: Applying Empirically Based Process Features of Treatment Delivery 236
W.L. Marshall and L.E. Marshall
15 A Forensic Psychologist's Involvement in Working with Sex Offenders 251
Daniel T. Wilcox
16 Punishment and the Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders: An Ethical Maelstrom 271
Tony Ward and Chelsea Rose
17 Distinguishing Moral and Clinical Decisions in Sex Offender Programs: The Good Lives Model and Virtue Ethics 287
Bill Glaser
18 Pharmacological Treatment of Sexual Offenders and Its Legal and Ethical Aspects 302
Raphaela Basdekis-Jozsa, Daniel Turner and Peer Briken
19 Female Sexual Offenders: The Need for a Gender-Responsive Approach 321
Sherry Ashfi eld, Sheila Brotherston, Hilary Eldridge and Ian Elliott
Part Three Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Management 339
20 A Convergent Approach to Sex Offender Risk Assessment 341
Jeffrey C. Singer, Douglas P. Boer and Martin Rettenberger
21 Sex Offender Registration in the United States and the United Kingdom: Emerging Legal and Ethical Debates 356
Terry Thomas
22 A More Ethical Way of Working: Circles of Support and Accountability 372
Stephen Hanvey and Mechtild Höing
23 Ethical Practice and the Use of the Polygraph in Working with Sex Offenders 388
Daniel T. Wilcox
24 Sex Offender Civil Commitment: Legal and Ethical Issues 406
Rebecca L. Jackson and Christmas N. Covell
25 Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: A Systematic Review of the Literature 424
Daniel Pacheco and J.C. Barnes
26 The Traveling Sex Offender: Monitoring Movements across International Borders 445
Terry Thomas
27 Hell is Other People: The Importance of Controlling Pedophilic Activity 462
Xanthè Mallett and Jann Karp
Index 479
Report
"However, the book is an important collection of thought-provoking essays that stimulate and challenge policy makers, academics and practice-based readers." (The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 5 January 2015)
"This comprehensive collection of chapters from a stellar cast of contributors clearly fills a gap in the literature and brings together some genuinely international thinking . " (Prison Service Journal, 1 July 2013)
