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- Covers both victims and offenders in describing and analyzing multiple aspects of sex crimes ranging from child pornography to rape, using theory and research-based findings to unify these topics
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- Serves the growing demand for evidence-based course materials that build an integrated understanding of all forms of sexual assault
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- Introduces students to key concepts in the study of sex crimes and debunks myths and stereotypes, without resorting to technical jargon or high-level policy discussions
Donna Vandiver, PhD, is a Professor at Texas State University. Her research is strongly centered on sex crimes and the persons who commit them. She has co-authored nearly two dozen articles on the topic, and co-authored a book on juveniles who have committed sex crimes. Her research informed the development of a widely used typology of women who have committed sex crimes. She has also co-authored a longitudinal assessment of recidivism among a large sample of women who had committed a sex crime and engaged in collaborative efforts regarding the effects of sex offender registration laws on juveniles who had committed a sex crime.
Jeremy Braithwaite, PhD, is a Tribal Research Specialist at the Tribal Law and Policy Institute and the owner/co-founder of EvaluACT, a research and evaluation consulting business in Los Angeles. His research focuses on violence against women, particularly the sexual victimization of American Indian/Alaska Native women. He is currently the Principal Investigator of multiple National Institute of Justice grant projects focused on crime and justice issues in Indian Country.
Title: Sex Crimes: Research and Realities
Author: Braithwaite, Jeremy,Vandiver, Donna
ISBN: 9780367457600
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-04-12
Number of Pages: 344
Weight: 0.6402 kg
This edition of Sex Crimes: Research and Realities is a very exciting contribution to the current body of sex offender and offending scholarship. It is written for a broad audience of undergraduate or graduate students, practitioners, and policy makers who will appreciate the contrasts between what is believed to be true about sex offending and what empirical data reveal. The addition of a discussion regarding the nuanced approach taken when investigating sex crimes and interacting with victims is one that is needed and not often found in other texts. I highly recommend this book to anyone teaching courses on sex offenders or offending, conducting research on this topic, and/or working with policy makers to examine and refine our sex offender management tools and laws.
Lisa L. Sample, PhD, University of Nebraska at Omaha, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
In the updated second edition, Vandiver and Braithwaite provide an engaging, theoretically-anchored, and research-driven exploration of the essential questions pertaining to sexual violence. This book engages readers with both the current state of knowledge about sex crimes and the central questions that remain unanswered, and it does so with rigor and compassion.
Ryan T. Shields, PhD, University of Massachusetts Lowell, School of Criminology and Justice Studies
