The Shaming of Sexual Offenders : Risk, Retribution and Reintegration.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (290 pages)
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: The Theoretical Context -- 1. Introduction -- THE FAILURE OF FORMAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- MANAGING RISK: THE CASE FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE -- SEXUAL OFFENDING: DEFINITIONAL MATTERS -- RECURRENT THEMES -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- 2. Retribution: The Political and Policy-making Context -- THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE -- THE CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Restorative and Reintegrative Theory -- RESTORATIVE JUSTICE -- SHAMING -- RESETTLEMENT -- THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FORMAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- CONCLUSION -- Part II: The Reintegration -- 4. Managing Sexual Offenders in the Community: Current Problems -- THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- THE OFFENDER -- THE COMMUNITY -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Sex Offenders Registration and Community Notification -- THE HISTORY OF REGISTRATION AND COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION -- THE MAIN PROVISIONS -- THE RATIONALE OF REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION: DETERRENCE AND PROTECTION -- THE COMPETING PERSPECTIVES OF THE VICTIM AND THE OFFENDER -- FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Control in the Community -- SHAME PENALTIES -- THE SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003: NEW PREVENTIVE ORDERS -- ELECTRONIC TAGGING -- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CONTROL IN THE COMMUNITY FAILS? -- CONCLUSION -- Part III: Towards a Restorative or Reintegrative Approach -- 7. Reintegrative Shaming Practices -- 'STOP IT NOW!' -- CIRCLES OF SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REINTEGRATIVE JUSTICE -- FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: IMPLEMENTING REINTEGRATIVE SHAMING PRACTICES -- CONCLUSION -- 8. Reintegrative Justice: Addressing the Critics -- CONTEXTUALISING THE DEBATES -- RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND CHILD SEXUAL OFFENCES -- SHAMING -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Managing Risk: From Retribution to Reintegration -- RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE: THE FAILURE TO MANAGE RISK. RETRIBUTION AND RESTORATION: BRIDGING THE GAP -- RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RISK -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book examines whether restorative justice can be applied to child sexual abuse, and if so, what special considerations might apply.
9781847313584
Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain. Restorative justice -- Great Britain.