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Perverts and Predators is the only available work that deals in-depth with the laws against sexual offending and highlights the significant role of the media in shaping sex offender legislation. The authors provide analysis of sexual offending from the unique perspectives of sexology and criminology, maintaining the premise that sex and sexuality are positive and healthy and that the only way to deal with the issue of sexual offending is through sex positive education and counseling.
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Perverts and Predators
Issues in Crime & Justice Series Editor Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University
As we embark upon the twentieth-first century, the meanings of crime continue to evolve and our approaches to justice are in flux. The contributions to this series focus their attention on crime and justice as well as on crime control and prevention in the context of a dynamically changing legal order. Across the series, there are books that consider the full range of crime and criminality and that engage a diverse set of topics related to the formal and informal workings of the administration of criminal justice. In an age of globalization, crime and criminality are no longer confined, if they ever were, to the boundaries of single nation-states. As a consequence, while many books in the series will address crime and justice in the United States, the scope of these books will accommodate a global perspective and they will consider such eminently global issues such as slavery, terrorism, or punishment. Books in the series are written to be used as supplements in standard undergraduate and graduate courses in criminology and criminal justice and related courses in sociology. Some of the standard courses in these areas include: introduction to criminal justice, introduction to law enforcement, introduction to corrections, juvenile justice, crime and delinquency, criminal law, white collar, corporate, and organized crime. TITLES IN SERIES: Effigy, By Allison Cotton Perverts and Predators, By Laura J. Zilney and Lisa Anne Zilney The Prisoners’ World, By William Tregea and Marjorie Larmour Racial Profiling, By Karen S. Glover
Perverts and Predators The Making of Sexual Offending Laws Laura J. Zilney and Lisa Anne Zilney
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com Estover Road Plymouth PL6 7PY United Kingdom Copyright © 2009 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Zilney, Laura J. Perverts and predators : the making of sexual offending laws / Laura J. Zilney and Lisa Anne Zilney. p. cm. — (Issues in crime & justice) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-7425-6622-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6623-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7425-6624-8 (electronic) 1. Sex offenders—Legal status, laws, etc.— United States. 2. Sex offenders— Psychology—United States. 3. Sex crimes—United States. 4. Sex crimes— History—United States. 5. Sex crimes—Psychological aspects—United States. 6. Child molesters—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States. I. Zilney, Lisa Anne. II. Title. KF9325.Z55 2009 345.73’0253—dc22 2008049955 Printed in the United States of America
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