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

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Karen Harrison (University of Hull, UK) Bernadette Rainey (Cardiff Law School, UK)

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

Karen Harrison (University of Hull, UK), Bernadette Rainey (Cardiff Law School, UK)

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Wiley-Blackwell
22 February 2013

Offenders; Comparative law; Offences against the person

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

Edited by: Karen Harrison (University of Hull UK), Bernadette Rainey (Cardiff Law School, UK)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 183mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 953g
ISBN: 9781119945550
ISBN 10: 1119945550
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 22 February 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

“...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)