Davidson Child Sexual Abuse

Media Representations and Government Reactions
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-135-30822-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy

Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders. The last fifteen years has seen increasing concern on the part of the government, criminal justice agencies, the media and the public, regarding child sexual abuse. This concern has been prompted by a series of events including cases inviting media attention and involving the abduction, sexual abuse and murder of young children. The response to this wave of child sexual abuse revelation has been to introduce increasingly punitive legislation regarding the punishment and control of sex offenders (sex offenders are the only group of offenders in British legal history to have their own act), both in custody and in the community. But this response, it is argued here, has developed in a reactionary way to media and public anxiety regarding the punishment and control of sex offenders (who have abused children) and the perceived threat of such offenders in the community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Julia

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht Sorgerecht, fam. Namensrecht, Abstammung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Defining Child Sexual Abuse. Child Protection: The Crisis In Public Confidence: From Cleveland To Waterhouse. The Role Of The Media: Public Anxiety High Profile. The Legislative Framework (1953- 2004). The Criminal Justice Response: Controlling Sex Offenders Public Appeasement

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Julia Davidson is based at the University Of Westminster.