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100 1 _aHorowitz, Emily.
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aProtecting Our Kids? How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us :
_bHow Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us /
_cEmily Horowitz.
264 1 _aSanta Barbara, CA :
_bABC-CLIO, LLC,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (209 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _aDo 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aChild sex offenders
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_zUnited States.
650 0 _aChild sex offenders
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_xCivil rights
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650 0 _aChild sex offenders
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_xRehabilitation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aChild Abuse, Sexual
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_zUnited States
_xPrevention.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHorowitz, Emily
_tProtecting Our Kids? How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us
_dSanta Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, LLC,c2015
_z9781440838620
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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