03665nam a22004933i 4500 EBC1996437 MiAaPQ 20221107195101.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 211129s2015 xx o ||||0 eng d 9781440838637 (electronic bk.) 9781440838620 (MiAaPQ)EBC1996437 (Au-PeEL)EBL1996437 (CaPaEBR)ebr11035862 (CaONFJC)MIL752941 (OCoLC)905544002 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ HV6570.2 .H67 2015 364.153 Horowitz, Emily. author Protecting Our Kids? How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us : How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us / Emily Horowitz. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015. ©2015. 1 online resource (209 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Introduction: Why Sex Offenders Matter -- 1: Child Abuse Becomes a Social Problem -- 2: Race and Poverty Matter -- 3: Sex Offender Panic -- 4: Sex Offenders Are Different -- 5: Case Study-New York -- 6: Child Porn Panic -- Conclusion: Why We Need to Talk about Sex Offenders -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. Do sex offender laws protect children, or are they inherently unfair practices that, at their worst, promote vigilante justice? The latter, this book argues. By analyzing the social, political, historical, and cultural context surrounding the emergence of current sex offender policies and laws, the work shows how sex offenders have come to loom as greater-than-life monsters when, in many cases, that is not true at all. Looking at its subject from a fresh viewpoint, the book shares research and new analyses of data and qualitative evidence to show how sex-offender laws are not only ineffective, but engender destructive fear and anxiety. To help readers understand the impact of these laws, the author presents interviews with sex offenders and their families as they describe the day-to-day reality of living on the sex offender registry. Citing research and statistics, the book challenges the idea that sex offenders must be continually monitored and publicly identified because they are incurably predatory. Most important, the study shows that undue sex offender panic is preventing policymakers from addressing the true threats to children-poverty and growing inequality. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Child sex offenders 209890 United States. Child sex offenders 209890 Civil rights United States. Child sex offenders 209890 Rehabilitation United States. Child Abuse, Sexual 72547 United States Prevention. Electronic books. Print version: Horowitz, Emily Protecting Our Kids? How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, LLC,c2015 9781440838620 ProQuest (Firm) https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1996437 Acceso Remoto https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1996437 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 296949 296949 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-07 0 364.153 EBC1996437 2021-12-07 00:00:00 2021-12-07 7 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-11-07 0 HV6570.2 .H67 2015 50000003290235 2022-11-07 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-11-07 7