A Reasoned Approach: Reshaping Sex Offender Policy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 07, 2013
ANNOTATION: 'This report will discuss the trends, impact, and unintended consequences of current legislative policies that may make children less safe in their homes and communities. It will also provide an overview of the new research about adults, youth, and children who sexually abuse and the innovations in policy that are grounded in this newly established research. Finally, the report will offer suggestions about how to shift our current approaches to sex offender policy to create incentives for primary prevention (before abuse is perpetrated) and, ultimately, offer new opportunities to create safer communities' (p. 7.) Sections following an executive summary include: introduction; historical background'three waves of change; what is known about sexual abuse and those impacted by it; encouraging prevention through evidence-based and community-informed sex offender policy; recommendations; and conclusion.
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