The Sex Offender Housing Dilemma: Community Activism, Safety, and Social Justice

by Monica Williams

Book Overview

The controversy surrounding community responses to housing for sexually violent predators

When a South Carolina couple killed a registered sex offender and his wife after they moved into their neighborhood in 2013, the story exposed an extreme and relatively rare instance of violence against sex offenders. While media accounts would have us believe that vigilantes across the country lie in wait for predators who move into their neighborhoods,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479836494
• ISBN13: 9781479836499
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"