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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781501731167
035			_a(DE-B1597)515623
035			_a(OCoLC)1045579680
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aKF9325.J36 2006
072		7	_aLAW026000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a345.730253 _222
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aJanus, Eric S. _eautore
245	1	0	_aFailure to Protect : _bAmerica's Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State / _cEric S. Janus.
264		1	_aIthaca, NY : _bCornell University Press, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2009
300			_a1 online resource (200 p.) : _b2 tables
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tIntroduction: The Worst of the Worst? -- _tPart I FATEFUL CHOICES -- _tCHAPTER ONE. New Legislative Approaches -- _tCHAPTER TWO. Judicial Promises and Betrayals -- _tCHAPTER THREE. A Factual Primer on Sexual Violence -- _tCHAPTER FOUR. Benefits and Costs -- _tPart II CONSEQUENCES -- _tCHAPTER FIVE. Feminism, the Culture Wars, and Sexual Violence -- _tCHAPTER SIX. Harbinger of the Preventive State? -- _tPart III COURSE CORRECTIONS -- _tCHAPTER SEVEN. There Are Alternatives -- _tCHAPTER EIGHT. The Politics of Sexual Violence -- _tCHAPTER NINE. Righting Public Policy against Sexual Violence -- _tNOTES -- _tINDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aMost crimes of sexual violence are committed by people known to the victim—acquaintances and family members. Yet politicians and the media overemphasize predatory strangers when legislating against and reporting on sexual violence. In this book, Eric S. Janus goes far beyond sensational headlines to expose the reality of the laws designed to prevent sexual crimes. He shows that "sexual predator" laws, which have intense public and political support, are counterproductive. Janus contends that aggressive measures such as civil commitment and Megan's law, which are designed to restrain sex offenders before they can commit another crime, are bad policy and do little to actually reduce sexual violence. Further, these new laws make use of approaches such as preventive detention and actuarial profiling that violate important principles of liberty.Janus argues that to prevent sexual violence, policymakers must address the deep-seated societal problems that allow it to flourish. In addition to criminal sanctions, he endorses the specific efforts of some advocates, organizations, and social scientists to stop sexual violence by, for example, taking steps to change the attitudes and behaviors of school-age children and adolescents, improving public education, and promoting community treatment and supervision of previous offenders.Janus also warns that the principles underlying the predator laws may be the early harbingers of a "preventive state" in which the government casts wide nets of surveillance and intervenes to curtail liberty before crimes of any type occur. More than a critique of the status quo, this book discusses serious alternatives and how best to overcome the political obstacles to achieving rational policy.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650		0	_aCivil commitment of sex offenders _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPreventive detention _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSex crimes _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSex offenders _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zUnited States.
650		4	_aAmerican Studies.
650		4	_aLegal History & Studies.
650		4	_aPolitical Science & Political History.
650		7	_aLAW / Criminal Law / General. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501731167
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501731167
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501731167/original
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