2nd Edition - Sex Offender Laws Failed Policies New Directions

• In Event: Empirical Approaches to Persistent Criminal Justice Problems

Abstract

Published in 2009, by Springer, the first edition of this book examined the plethora of known and less publicized sex offender laws. Covering areas such as the proposed execution of child rapists, mandatory HIV testing laws as well as sex offender registration, notification and residence restrictions, the book critiqued various policies. The new updated edition (Summer 2014) adds chapters on the criminalization of adolescent sexuality, the role of civil litigation in sexual abuse cases, the importance of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in victim healing as well as an expanded discussion of Internet sexual solicitation and grooming. The second edition also discusses how states have implemented the 2006 AWA and its associated controversies.

Author

• Richard G. Wright, Bridgewater State University