Defending the Indefensible: a call for the reformation of sex offender legislation by replacing fear-driven initiatives with reason and research based legislation

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Julie R. Philips
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Sex Offender Legislation ◽  
The Reformation

The Impact of Specialized Sex Offender Legislation on Community Reentry

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Calkins Mercado ◽  
Shea Alvarez ◽  
Jill Levenson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Community Reentry ◽  
Sex Offender Legislation ◽  
The Impact

Sentencing high-risk sex offenders

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Harrison
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Civil Commitment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Preventive Detention ◽  
Sex Offending ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Sex Offender Legislation

This essay considers sex offender legislation in a number of countries, including England and Wales, Germany, and the United States, and details sex offender sentencing provisions in various systems. It evaluates the policies behind these laws. The essay deals with some key contemporary questions in relation to high-risk sex offending. Are policies being driven by populist punitiveness and an agenda based on public protection and preventive detention? Or are more welfare-driven goals taken into account? Particular sentences such as mandatory life and other forms of indeterminate sentencing, such as civil commitment, are evaluated and their use and efficacy considered. Whether such policies are lawful and also ethically acceptable is also evaluated.

Editorial: sex offender legislation

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
Ralph Slovenko
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Sex Offender Legislation
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