Protecting Society From Sexually Dangerous Offenders: Law, Justice, and Therapy
Edited by Bruce J. Winick & John Q. La Fond
Table of Contents
Part I. Sexually Violent Predator Laws: Problems and Solutions
Chapter 1. The New Generation of Sex Offender Committment Laws: Which States Have Them and How Do They Work? W. Lawrence Fitch & Debra A. Hammen
Chapter 2. State Policy Perspectives on Sexual Predator Laws. Roxanne Lieb
Part II. Sex Offenders and Dangerousness
Chapter 3. Who Is Dangerous and When Are They Safe? Risk Assessment With Sexual Offenders. R. Karl Hansen
Chapter 4. Evaluating Offenders Under a Sexually Violent Predator Law: The Practical Practice. Roy B. Lacoursiere
Part III. Sex Offenders and Treatment
Chapter 5. What We Know and Don’t Know About Treating Adult Sex Offenders. Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris
Chapter 6. Treatment and the Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders. Eric S. Janus
Chapter 7. In the Wake of Hendricks: The Treatment and Restraint of Sexually Dangerous Offenders Viewed From the Perspective of American Psychiatry. Howard V. Zonana, Richard J. Bonnie, and Steven K. Hoge
Part IV. The Rationale, Constitutionality, and Morality of Sexual Predator Commitment Laws
Chapter 8. Matching Legal Policies With Known Offenders. Lenore M. J. Simon
Chapter 9. Bad or Mad?: Sex Offenders and Social Control. Stephen J. Morse
Chapter 10. “Even a Dog…”: Culpability, Condemnation, and Respect for Persons. Robert F. Schopp
Chapter 11. Sex Offenders and the Supreme Court: The Significance and Limits of Kansas v. Hendricks. John Kip Cornwell
Part V. Alternative Strategies for Protecting the Community
Chapter 12. A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Analysis of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws. Bruce J. Winick
Chapter 13. Investing in the Future of Children: Building Programs for Children or Prisons for Adult Offenders. William D. Pithers, Alison Gray, and Michalle E. Davis
Chapter 14. Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders: Treatment or Punishment? Robert D. Miller
Chapter 15. Community Containment of Sex Offender Risk: A Promising Approach Kim English, Linda Jones, and Diane Patrick
Part VI. Evaluating the Wisdom of Sexually Violent Predator Laws
Chapter 16. The Costs of Enacting a Sexual Pradator Law and Recommendations for Keeping Them From Skyrocketing. John Q. La Fond
Chapter 17. Managing the Monstrous: Sex Offenders and the New Penology. Jonathan Simon
Chapter 18. A Therapeutic Jursiprudence Assessment of Sexually Violent Predator Laws. Bruce J. Winick
