Desistance from Sex Offending : Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys.

Desistance from Sex Offending : Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys.

This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policymakers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are 'people like us, ' with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding lives & mdash;if given a chance an...

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Main Author: Laws, D. Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Publications, 2010.
Subjects:
Sex offenders > Rehabilitation.
Sex offenders > Services for.
Sex crimes > Prevention.
Sex crimes > Prevention
Sex offenders > Rehabilitation
Sex offenders > Services for
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover13;
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • I. General Issues
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • II. The Criminological Perspective
  • Chapter 2. Defining and Measuring Desistance
  • Chapter 3. The Age8211;Crime Curve: A Brief Overview
  • Chapter 4. Theoretical Perspectives on Desistance
  • Chapter 5. Factors Influencing Desistance
  • Chapter 6. Two Major Theories of Desistance
  • III. The Forensic Psychological Perspective
  • Chapter 7. Do Sex Offenders Desist?
  • Chapter 8. Sex Offender Treatment and Desistance
  • IV. Reentry and Reintegration
  • Chapter 9. Barriers to Reentry and Reintegration
  • Chapter 10. Overcoming Barriers to Reentry and Reintegration
  • V. Recruitment
  • Chapter 11. The Unknown Sex Offenders: Bringing Them in from the Cold
  • Chapter 12. Blending Theory and Practice: A Criminological Perspective
  • VI. Desistance-173;Focused Intervention
  • Chapter 13. The Good Lives Model of Offender Rehabilitation: Basic Assumptions, Etiological Commitments, and Practice Implications
  • Chapter 14. The Good Lives Model and Desistance Theory and Research: Points of Convergence
  • Chapter 15. The Good Lives8211;173;Desistance Model: Assessment and Treatment
  • VII. Where to from Here?
  • Chapter 16. Dignity, Punishment, and Human Rights: The Ethics of Desistance
  • Chapter 17. Moral Strangers or One of Us?: Concluding Thoughts
  • References
  • Index.

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