Dangerousness Risk And The Governance Of Serious Sexual And Violent Offenders

Author : Karen Harrison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136673894

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Dangerousness, Risk and the Governance of Serious Sexual and Violent Offenders by Karen Harrison Pdf

Dangerousness, Risk and the Governance of Serious Sexual and Violent Offenders is a fully up-to-date, comprehensive and user-friendly guide on those offenders who are often assessed as being dangerous. Outlining, evaluating and commenting on specific methods, regimes and strategies for dealing with dangerous offenders throughout each chapter, this book begins by considering what a dangerous offender is and providing a brief historical account of how the label has been used for different types of offender over the last three or four centuries. The book examines sentencing policy in addition to early and current dangerousness legislation, evaluating the available sentences specifically designed for dangerous offenders and assessing their use and appropriateness. The role of risk and risk assessment tools is discussed, considering what risk assessment is, the way in which it works and how over recent times it has become more reliable and valid. It looks at the practical realities of how serious sexual and violent offenders are dealt with by the penal system in England and Wales. Finally, specific offender groups are considered, including female offenders, children and young people and mentally disordered offenders. Each chapter considers whether there are any differences in terms of policy, assessment and management strategies when sentencing and managing each distinct group; and if not whether any such modifications are required. This book will be key reading for students of law, criminology, social policy, psychology and sociology and of interest to criminal justice professionals including the police, prison officers, probation officers, psychologists, lawyers and judges.

Author : Amanda Matravers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134029211

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Sex Offenders in the Community by Amanda Matravers Pdf

This book explores current criminal justice responses to the management of individuals who are convicted of sexual offences. It aims to help policy-makers, practitioners and students to develop an informed position on this complex and increasingly controversial issue. Although the focus is primarily upon the UK context, contributions from North America (USA and Canada) provide an important comparative perspective.

Author : Mark Brown,John Pratt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134637041

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Dangerous Offenders by Mark Brown,John Pratt Pdf

This highly controversial new book considers how the dangerous offender has become such a figure of collective anxiety for the citizens of rationalised Western societies. The authors consider: * ideas of danger and social threat in historical perspective * legal responses to violent criminals * attempts to predict dangerous behaviour * why particular groups, such as women, remain at risk from violent crime. This inspired collection invites us to rethink the received wisdom on dangerous offenders, and will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of criminology and the sociology of Risk.

Author : Hazel Kemshall,Great Britain. Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Policing and Reducing Crime Unit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Criminal behavior, Prediction of
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111584400

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Risk Assessment and Management of Known Sexual and Violent Offenders by Hazel Kemshall,Great Britain. Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Policing and Reducing Crime Unit Pdf

The role of Public Protection Panels is to assess and manage sexual and violent offenders in the community. The Panels' decisions are made on the basis of information from a range of risk assessment methods. This report provides an overview of the different means of risk assessment and management for such offenders.

Author : Hazel Kemshall
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780335236817

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Understanding the Management of High Risk Offenders by Hazel Kemshall Pdf

“This is an extremely important and timely book written by a pre-eminent scholar in the field. Hazel Kemshall has a proven track record not just of exceptional scholarship but, equally importantly, of engaging effectively with policy and practice. Given the damaging synergies between media hype and public insecurities about 'dangerous' offenders, the evidence-based, measured and thoughtful analysis provided in this book provides a vital counterpoint to increasingly punitive and exclusionary discourses around public protection. In promoting a more balanced, humane and integrative approach to risk, the book deserves to influence not just scholars but also policy makers and practitioners facing the complex challenges of managing risk and dangerousness.” Fergus McNeill, Associate Fellow of the Centre for Sentencing Research, Strathclyde University, UK High risk offenders have attracted much media, policy and practice interest in recent years. New legislation and extensive multi-agency partnerships have been initiated to improve the assessment and management of these offenders in the community. Drawing on a wide range of cross-national literature and original research by the author,this timely book reviews current approaches to the community management of high risk offenders. The book examines in detail a range of risk management techniques, including: Community protection measures (such as sexual offender registration and community notification) Restorative and re-integrative measures (such as Circles of Support and Accountability, pro-social modelling, public health campaigns and environmental risk management approaches) Hazel Kemshall argues for a ‘blending’ of these two approaches to provide risk management interventions for the ‘protective integration’ of high risk offenders back into the community.In addition, the book examines contemporary difficulties in risk assessment, effective multi-agency partnership working, and recent policy and legislative initiatives in this challenging area of work. Understanding the Management of High Risk Offenders is a vital resource for criminology and criminal justice students and stimulating reading for probation officers, social workers, police and prison staff, among others.

Author : David Thompson,Terry Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317483137

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The Resettlement of Sex Offenders after Custody by David Thompson,Terry Thomas Pdf

Circles of Support and Accountability is a voluntary initiative that assists people with convictions for sexual offences to resettle in the community. People leaving prison with such convictions often have difficulties in resettling. They carry the burden of the conviction itself, which may be both stigmatising and isolating, and they are the subject of sex offender register requirements, parole and other supervisory conditions. Circles of Support and Accountability in the UK started over ten years ago and have slowly spread across the country. They work closely with the police and probation services but rely entirely on volunteers prepared to give up their time to work with people often otherwise shunned by communities. Circles offer support to the person concerned but also hold them accountable for their future behaviour. They aim to ensure there are ‘no more victims’. This book is based on original research and provides a close-up picture of how these Circles of Support and Accountability work in practice. It brings together for the first time the voices of all the participants, from the offenders and the volunteers through to the Coordinators who link the volunteers to the professionals in the form of the police and probation services. The research was commissioned by Circles UK and funded by the Wates Foundation and the University of Leeds, School of Law.

Author : Bernadette McSherry,Patrick Keyzer
Publisher : Federation Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1862877637

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Sex Offenders and Preventive Detention by Bernadette McSherry,Patrick Keyzer Pdf

How should society manage sex offenders who are released from prison? How can sex offenders be detained in a way that prevents re-offending while respecting civil liberties? Is preventive detention a type of double punishment? Do prison-based sex offender treatment programs work? What is the best way to protect the community from sex offending?Professors McSherry and Keyzer focus on three key modern policy responses to such questions, and the cases that propelled their development:Earl Shriner in Washington State, and the United States approach of detaining 'sexually violent predators' in special institutions;Dennis Ferguson in Queensland, and the Australian post-sentence detention and supervision schemes;John Cronin in Scotland, and the Scottish approach of making orders for lifelong restriction at the time of sentence.

Author : Karen Harrison,Bernadette Rainey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781119945550

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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management by Karen Harrison,Bernadette Rainey Pdf

This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile, complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethical dimensions of society’s response to sex offenders in jurisdictions from the USA to Japan. The first publication to offer a detailed and wide-ranging analysis of legal and ethical issues relating to sex offender treatment and management Covers a range of related issues, from media coverage to equality duties Presents research from numerous national jurisdictions including the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, and Israel Includes perspectives from respected leading academics and practitioners, including William Marshall, Tony Ward, Doug Boer, Daniel Wilcox, and Marnie Rice

Author : Mike Maguire,Great Britain. Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Policing and Reducing Crime Unit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Criminal behavior, Prediction of
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111584392

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Risk Management of Sexual and Violent Offenders by Mike Maguire,Great Britain. Home Office. Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Policing and Reducing Crime Unit Pdf

Public Protection Panels bring together representatives from police, probation and other local agencies, and play a key role in the assessment and management of sexual and violent offenders in the community. This report examines police working practices, working relationships between agencies and organisational arrangements, and identifies good practice.

Author : Stephanie Kewley,Sarah Pemberton,Mohammed Rahman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351135788

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Preventing Sexual Harm by Stephanie Kewley,Sarah Pemberton,Mohammed Rahman Pdf

Preventing Sexual Harm provides an overview of current criminal justice strategies for tackling sexual violence, and highlights existing positive criminological approaches that could help prevent sexual abuse and harm. Sexual violence is a complex, multi-faceted crime. Its causes and consequences are both multiple and enduring and our understanding of sexual violence is embedded within our social, cultural, and political constructs. As such, a response to sexual violence ought to be equally complex and multi-faceted. Alternative approaches might therefore be needed, such as positive criminology. This book explores positive criminology as a mechanism to reduce the risk of recidivism, eradicate harm, prevent reoffending as well as to help reintegrate those with histories of sexual abuse back into the community. In light of recent historic cases of sexual abuse and poor institutional response to these allegations, it opens with an overview of the current landscape of sexual offending. The book then reviews the current positive criminological approaches already in existence in the effort to prevent sexual abuse by outlining the approach of positive criminology and by demonstrating the many gaps in practice that might benefit from this new way of working to prevent sexual abuse. By highlighting that an alternative response to sexual violence is needed, and by presenting the idea that a positive criminological paradigm is worthy of further examination, this book will be of great interest to scholars of criminology, criminal justice, and forensic psychology.

Author : K. McCartan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137358134

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Responding to Sexual Offending by K. McCartan Pdf

This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement.

Author : Kieran McCartan,Hazel Kemshall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319635675

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Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I by Kieran McCartan,Hazel Kemshall Pdf

This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both construct and respond to unknown and known sex offenders within the contexts of criminal justice, health and social policy. The chapters provide an oversight of contemporary policies, practices and debates within the area to help both professionals and researchers. The collection focuses on emerging areas (public health approaches, prevention, public perceptions of sexual abuse, and social constructionism), as well as more traditional topics (media, preventative and exceptional sentencing, resilience, and work force development). The authors examine public and professional engagement on sex offender management, and the changing socio-political landscape of sexual offender management. A bold and engaging volume, this edited collection will be of great importance to scholars and practitioners interested in perceptions of sexual offending.

Author : Lawrence Burke,Dr Helena Gosling
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529765175

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An Introduction to Penology: Punishment, Prisons and Probation by Lawrence Burke,Dr Helena Gosling Pdf

An Introduction to Penology is a concise, informative, scholarly guide that will speak to a variety of audiences interested in how the notion of punishment plays out in community and custodial settings with people who have broken the law. With a particular focus on prisons and probation, the book provides an opportunity for readers to critically engage with the concept of punishment (in theory and practice) and consider different ways in which we, as a society, can respond to lawbreaking. The text will allow students to pursue a more in-depth study of two of the main criminal justice institutions through the lens of their organisational structures, cultures, service delivery and responses to the needs of minority and vulnerable groups. Throughout the text, students will be encouraged to critically engage with longstanding penological debates taking into consideration the theory, policy and practice of punishment, and will explore ways in which we can rethink penology on an individual and social level and begin to make a case for social justice rather than criminal justice. This innovative and contemporary text is a must read for students studying criminology, criminal justice, penology and those interested in pursuing a career in either the prison or probation services. Lol Burke is Professor in Criminal Justice and Dr Helena Gosling is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University.

Author : Hazel Kemshall,Scotland. Social Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Risk assessment
ISBN : 0755934555

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Risk Assessment and Management of Serious, Violent and Sexual Offenders by Hazel Kemshall,Scotland. Social Research Pdf

Author : Antje du Bois-Pedain,Anthony E Bottoms
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509919796

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Penal Censure by Antje du Bois-Pedain,Anthony E Bottoms Pdf

This exploration of penal censure is inspired by the 40th anniversary of the publication of Andreas von Hirsch's Doing Justice, which opened up a fresh set of issues in theorisation about punishment that eventually led von Hirsch to ground his proposed model of desert-based sentencing on the notion of penal censure. Von Hirsch's work thus provides an obvious starting-point for an exploration of the importance of censure for the justification of punishment, both within his theory of just deserts and from the perspectives of other theoretical approaches. It also provides an opportunity for engaging with censure more broadly from philosophical, sociological–anthropological and individual–psychological perspectives. The essays in this collection map the conceptual territory of censure from these different perspectives, address issues for desert theory that arise from fuller understandings of censure, and consider afresh the role of censure within the jurisprudence of punishment. They show that analyses of censure from different vantage points can significantly enrich punishment theory, not least by providing a conceptual basis for perceiving common ground between and thus connecting different strands of penal theory.