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Clergy Sexual Abuse : Social Science Perspectives / Claire M. Renzetti and Sandra Yocum, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. | Northeastern series on gender, crime, and lawPublisher: Boston : Northeastern, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 1555538118
  • 9781555538118
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.76088/282 23
LOC classification:
  • BX1912.9 .C59 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to Social Science Perspectives on the Problem of Clergy Sexual Abuse / Claire M. Renzetti -- 2. Understanding the Response to Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests: A Criminal Justice Perspective / Karen J. Terry -- 3. Interplay of Psychological and Institutional Factors in Sexual Abuse by Roman Catholic Clergy / John C. Gonsiorek -- 4. Contingent Crimes: Exploring the Sexual Abuse of Children by Clerics from a Situational Crime Perspective / Paul D. Steele -- 5. Priest and Catholic Culture as Symbolic System of Purity / Sandra Yocum -- 6. Don't Call It an Affair: Understanding and Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct with Adults / Diana Garland -- 7. Clergyperson Sexual Misconduct with Congregants or Parishioners: Past Attempts to Impose Civil and Criminal Liabilities and a Proposed Criminal Law to Increase the Likelihood of Criminal Punishment of Perpetrators / Kris Helge.
Summary: An examination of the clergy sexual abuse crisis from diverse scholarly perspectives.

Includes index.

Print version record.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to Social Science Perspectives on the Problem of Clergy Sexual Abuse / Claire M. Renzetti -- 2. Understanding the Response to Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests: A Criminal Justice Perspective / Karen J. Terry -- 3. Interplay of Psychological and Institutional Factors in Sexual Abuse by Roman Catholic Clergy / John C. Gonsiorek -- 4. Contingent Crimes: Exploring the Sexual Abuse of Children by Clerics from a Situational Crime Perspective / Paul D. Steele -- 5. Priest and Catholic Culture as Symbolic System of Purity / Sandra Yocum -- 6. Don't Call It an Affair: Understanding and Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct with Adults / Diana Garland -- 7. Clergyperson Sexual Misconduct with Congregants or Parishioners: Past Attempts to Impose Civil and Criminal Liabilities and a Proposed Criminal Law to Increase the Likelihood of Criminal Punishment of Perpetrators / Kris Helge.

An examination of the clergy sexual abuse crisis from diverse scholarly perspectives.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.