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Informationen zum Autor Laura J. Zilney, Lisa A. Zilney Klappentext This examination of our nation's sex crime laws and the social attitudes behind them argues that many citizens are being pursued as sex offenders for nonviolent and oftentimes consensual sexual behaviors.Cutting through the hysteria and hype, Reconsidering Sex Crimes and Offenders: Prosecution or Persecution? argues that while convicted violent sex offenders certainly should be punished, many laws targeting minor sexual offenses are outdated, overly severe, and too concerned with satisfying public outrage driven by distortions, misconceptions, and sensationalistic media coverage. Reconsidering Sex Crimes and Offenders is sure to challenge readers' understanding of who a sex offender is, how they should be treated, and how best to protect the community from such offenders. The book looks at how the legal definitions of certain offenses have changed over time and then explores a series of real-life case studies. Readers will discover how some citizens have been targeted and punished for consensual acts-including homosexuality, polygamy, and pornography. Additional coverage considers a number of highly controversial laws-from residency restrictions to the death penalty-and the media's role in fueling public support for them. Zusammenfassung This examination of our nation's sex crime laws and the social attitudes behind them argues that many citizens are being pursued as sex offenders for nonviolent and oftentimes consensual sexual behaviors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: EXPLAINING SEXUAL OFFENDING CHAPTER 1: Religion, Medicine, and Social Science Religion The Medical Model Who Has Influenced the Making of a Sex Offender? How Do Social Scientists Explain Sexual Offending? Learning from Associates: Social Learning Theory The Influence of Culture: Social Control Theory Individual Decisions: Rational Choice Theory What's in a Label? Social Reaction Theory How Do Sexologists Explain Sexual Offending? Socio-Sexual Response Cycle Sexual Anthropology CHAPTER 2: How Many Sex Offenders Are There? Child Sexual Offenses Adult Sexual Offenses Internet Sexual Offenses Female Sexual Offenders Juvenile Sexual Offenders Who Is the "Typical" Offender? PART II: PASSING LAWS CHAPTER 3: Creating Laws to Deal with Sex Offenders The Media's Role in Creating a Moral Panic Societal Responses to Sexual Offending Sexual Psychopath Legislation of the 1930s Reforms in Legislation Legislation of the 1990s and Beyond CHAPTER 4: Case Studies of Select Laws The Phenomenon of To Catch a Predator Case Study: Dateline Show Results in Death Residency Restrictions Case Study: Georgia's Banishment Laws Civil Commitment Case Study: Double Jeopardy Isn't What It Seems The Death Penalty Case Study PART III: AN ANALYSIS OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 5: "So-Called" Sex Crimes Oral Sex Case Study: Oral Sex and Race Homosexuality and Sodomy Case Study: Matthew Limon Case Study: Assaulted While Sleeping Case Study: Public Sex Prostitution Case Study: The Hollywood Madame Sadomasochism Statutory Offenses Case Study: Marcus Dixon Bestiality and Zoophilia Polygamy Case Study: Polygamy in Utah Swinging Incest Case Study: Sex with a Stepdaughter CHAPTER 6: Sexually Explicit Materials Adult Sexually Explicit Materials Case Study: SEM and Violence Link? The Meese Commission Case Study: Transporting SEM Case Study: Distribution of SEM Case Study: Sexually Explicit Materials on the Internet <...
