The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management

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This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile,complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethicaldimensions of society's response to sex offenders injurisdictions from the USA to Japan. * The first publication to offer a detailed and wide-ranginganalysis of legal and ethical issues relating to sex offendertreatment and management * Covers a range of related issues, from media coverage toequality duties * Presents research from numerous national jurisdictionsincluding the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada,Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, and Israel * Includes perspectives from respected leading academics andpractitioners, including William Marshall, Tony Ward, DougBoer, Daniel Wilcox, and Marnie Rice

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Karen Harrison

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"...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) "This is a wholly unique, comprehensive and indispensableresource for those working in the field of sex offender treatmentand research. The Handbook contains fascinating discussions of someof the crucial but often overlooked ethical issues in the fieldwritten by an all-star line-up of contributors from the worlds ofresearch and practice. Precisely the contribution that has beenneeded in the area of sex offendertreatment."--Professor Shadd Maruna, Directorof the Institute of Criminology & Criminal justice,Queen's University Belfast "This book represents a major landmark in the sexoffending domain, a single volume devoted to ethical and legalaspects of treatment and management. The chapters are, withoutexception, first class and represent thoughtful and cutting edgeanalyses of a variety of important issues. I thoroughly recommendit for practitioners, students andresearchers."--Professor Tony Ward, VictoriaUniversity of Wellington
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