The Shaming of Sexual Offenders: Risk, Retribution and Reintegration

by Anne-Marie McAlinden

Winner of the 2008 British Society of Criminology Book Prize

Sex offenders, particularly those who offend against children, feature prominently in contemporary law and order debates. Child sexual abuse is a small component of the broader category of 'gendered and sexualised violence' which causes significant trauma for victims yet continues to evade conventional approaches to justice. This is evidenced not only by the low number of prosecutions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841135925
• ISBN13: 9781841135922
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"