Author: Harry Ramble
Publisher: Ebb Press LLC
ISBN: 0981650201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Once, Fletcher Geffney had everything: a lovely wife, wealthy and influential in-laws, an estimable literary career. Now he will lose it all, including his 10-year-old son Christopher, after a series of alarming criminal accusations are made in the course of a vicious child custody dispute. Under normal circumstances, Fletcher might have rebutted the charges made against him. But these are uncommon times. A nationwide manhunt for the Balloon Man, a sexual predator possessed of almost supernatural stealth and savagery, has bred a climate of fear and mistrust. Then an opportunistic local politician makes Fletcher?s newsworthy predicament the media centerpiece of a campaign for new and frankly unconstitutional ammendments to his state?s sex offender registry system.When persecuted felons begin showing up at his door seeking shelter and safety in numbers, Fletcher finds himself at the center of a pitched battle between an agitated, frightened citizenry and a shadowy underground of deviants and criminals. Out of options and out of time, Fletcher kidnaps his son from his wife and flees. But the disappearance of a local girl triggers a final, deadly escalation of violence. Fletcher?s day of reckoning arrives at last. Sex Offender Lives Here is the story of a father?s worst nightmare. It is also the story of a father?s redemptive love for his son and his struggle to come to terms with the mistakes he has made. Harry Ramble?s debut novel is a tale told with passion and keen moral clarity, unsparing insight and dark humor.
Sex Offender Lives Here
Author: Harry Ramble
Publisher: Ebb Press LLC
ISBN: 0981650201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Once, Fletcher Geffney had everything: a lovely wife, wealthy and influential in-laws, an estimable literary career. Now he will lose it all, including his 10-year-old son Christopher, after a series of alarming criminal accusations are made in the course of a vicious child custody dispute. Under normal circumstances, Fletcher might have rebutted the charges made against him. But these are uncommon times. A nationwide manhunt for the Balloon Man, a sexual predator possessed of almost supernatural stealth and savagery, has bred a climate of fear and mistrust. Then an opportunistic local politician makes Fletcher?s newsworthy predicament the media centerpiece of a campaign for new and frankly unconstitutional ammendments to his state?s sex offender registry system.When persecuted felons begin showing up at his door seeking shelter and safety in numbers, Fletcher finds himself at the center of a pitched battle between an agitated, frightened citizenry and a shadowy underground of deviants and criminals. Out of options and out of time, Fletcher kidnaps his son from his wife and flees. But the disappearance of a local girl triggers a final, deadly escalation of violence. Fletcher?s day of reckoning arrives at last. Sex Offender Lives Here is the story of a father?s worst nightmare. It is also the story of a father?s redemptive love for his son and his struggle to come to terms with the mistakes he has made. Harry Ramble?s debut novel is a tale told with passion and keen moral clarity, unsparing insight and dark humor.
Publisher: Ebb Press LLC
ISBN: 0981650201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Once, Fletcher Geffney had everything: a lovely wife, wealthy and influential in-laws, an estimable literary career. Now he will lose it all, including his 10-year-old son Christopher, after a series of alarming criminal accusations are made in the course of a vicious child custody dispute. Under normal circumstances, Fletcher might have rebutted the charges made against him. But these are uncommon times. A nationwide manhunt for the Balloon Man, a sexual predator possessed of almost supernatural stealth and savagery, has bred a climate of fear and mistrust. Then an opportunistic local politician makes Fletcher?s newsworthy predicament the media centerpiece of a campaign for new and frankly unconstitutional ammendments to his state?s sex offender registry system.When persecuted felons begin showing up at his door seeking shelter and safety in numbers, Fletcher finds himself at the center of a pitched battle between an agitated, frightened citizenry and a shadowy underground of deviants and criminals. Out of options and out of time, Fletcher kidnaps his son from his wife and flees. But the disappearance of a local girl triggers a final, deadly escalation of violence. Fletcher?s day of reckoning arrives at last. Sex Offender Lives Here is the story of a father?s worst nightmare. It is also the story of a father?s redemptive love for his son and his struggle to come to terms with the mistakes he has made. Harry Ramble?s debut novel is a tale told with passion and keen moral clarity, unsparing insight and dark humor.
Protecting Our Kids?
Author: Emily Horowitz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This thought-provoking work raises important questions about sex offender laws, drawing from personal stories, research, and data to prove the policies promote fear, destroy lives, and fail to protect children. Do sex offender laws protect children, or are they inherently unfair practices that, at their worst, promote vigilante justice? The latter, this book argues. By analyzing the social, political, historical, and cultural context surrounding the emergence of current sex offender policies and laws, the work shows how sex offenders have come to loom as greater-than-life monsters when, in many cases, that is not true at all. Looking at its subject from a fresh viewpoint, the book shares research and new analyses of data and qualitative evidence to show how sex-offender laws are not only ineffective, but engender destructive fear and anxiety. To help readers understand the impact of these laws, the author presents interviews with sex offenders and their families as they describe the day-to-day reality of living on the sex offender registry. Citing research and statistics, the book challenges the idea that sex offenders must be continually monitored and publicly identified because they are incurably predatory. Most important, the study shows that undue sex offender panic is preventing policymakers from addressing the true threats to children—poverty and growing inequality.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This thought-provoking work raises important questions about sex offender laws, drawing from personal stories, research, and data to prove the policies promote fear, destroy lives, and fail to protect children. Do sex offender laws protect children, or are they inherently unfair practices that, at their worst, promote vigilante justice? The latter, this book argues. By analyzing the social, political, historical, and cultural context surrounding the emergence of current sex offender policies and laws, the work shows how sex offenders have come to loom as greater-than-life monsters when, in many cases, that is not true at all. Looking at its subject from a fresh viewpoint, the book shares research and new analyses of data and qualitative evidence to show how sex-offender laws are not only ineffective, but engender destructive fear and anxiety. To help readers understand the impact of these laws, the author presents interviews with sex offenders and their families as they describe the day-to-day reality of living on the sex offender registry. Citing research and statistics, the book challenges the idea that sex offenders must be continually monitored and publicly identified because they are incurably predatory. Most important, the study shows that undue sex offender panic is preventing policymakers from addressing the true threats to children—poverty and growing inequality.
Sex Offender Laws
Author: Richard Wright
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826111106
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"This volume of readings provides an excellent source of information about sex offender laws and policies."--International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology "Sex Offender Laws...is a good source for balanced, objective, and thorough critique of our current sex offender policies as well as a source for accurate information about a very heterogeneous population...The message that sexual abuse is often a multifaceted and complex issue and that policy based on quick fixes or knee jerk reactions do not often work will be informative and enlightening to many readers." --Sex Roles "[T]his fine book by Richard Wright and his distinguished collaborators provides the evidence that wise policy-makers would want to consider. It covers every major field of research concerning sex offenders and sexual offenses and provides evidence of bad practices and policiesÖ.Intellectually honest politicians should read this book." --Michael Tonry, LL.B, Professor of Law and Public Policy University of Minnesota Law School (From the Foreword) In response to many high-profile cases of sexual assault, federal and state governments have placed a number of unique criminal sanctions on sex offenders. These include residency restrictions, exclusionary zones, electronic monitoring, and chemical castration. However, the majority of sex offender policies are not based on empirical evidence, nor have they demonstrated any significant reductions in offender recidivism. In fact, some of these policies have unintended consequences, which actually increase the likelihood of sexual offenses. In this book, Wright critically analyzes existing policies, and assesses the most effective approaches in preventing sex offender recidivism. This provocative and timely book draws from the fields of criminal justice, law, forensic psychology, and social work to examine how current laws and policies are enacted and what to-date is known about their efficacy. The team of expert contributors includes Karen Terry, author of Sexual Offenses and Offenders, and others who bring a wealth of insight to the field of sex offense. In response to the failed policies of sex offender laws, this book presents alternative models and approaches to sex offense laws and policies. Wright also explores critical, cutting-edge topics, such as internet sexual solicitation, the death penalty, and community responses to sex offense. Key Features: An introduction and overview of the history of sex offender laws Analyzes the role of the media in sex offense and sex offender policies Examines the political "untouchability" of sex offender laws and their adverse effects Features interviews with victims of sexual assault, investigating their points of views on what kinds of reforms need to be made to sex offender laws Thought-provoking and insightful, Sex Offender Laws serves as a vital resource for policy makers, researchers, and students of criminal justice, law, and social work.
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISBN: 0826111106
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"This volume of readings provides an excellent source of information about sex offender laws and policies."--International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology "Sex Offender Laws...is a good source for balanced, objective, and thorough critique of our current sex offender policies as well as a source for accurate information about a very heterogeneous population...The message that sexual abuse is often a multifaceted and complex issue and that policy based on quick fixes or knee jerk reactions do not often work will be informative and enlightening to many readers." --Sex Roles "[T]his fine book by Richard Wright and his distinguished collaborators provides the evidence that wise policy-makers would want to consider. It covers every major field of research concerning sex offenders and sexual offenses and provides evidence of bad practices and policiesÖ.Intellectually honest politicians should read this book." --Michael Tonry, LL.B, Professor of Law and Public Policy University of Minnesota Law School (From the Foreword) In response to many high-profile cases of sexual assault, federal and state governments have placed a number of unique criminal sanctions on sex offenders. These include residency restrictions, exclusionary zones, electronic monitoring, and chemical castration. However, the majority of sex offender policies are not based on empirical evidence, nor have they demonstrated any significant reductions in offender recidivism. In fact, some of these policies have unintended consequences, which actually increase the likelihood of sexual offenses. In this book, Wright critically analyzes existing policies, and assesses the most effective approaches in preventing sex offender recidivism. This provocative and timely book draws from the fields of criminal justice, law, forensic psychology, and social work to examine how current laws and policies are enacted and what to-date is known about their efficacy. The team of expert contributors includes Karen Terry, author of Sexual Offenses and Offenders, and others who bring a wealth of insight to the field of sex offense. In response to the failed policies of sex offender laws, this book presents alternative models and approaches to sex offense laws and policies. Wright also explores critical, cutting-edge topics, such as internet sexual solicitation, the death penalty, and community responses to sex offense. Key Features: An introduction and overview of the history of sex offender laws Analyzes the role of the media in sex offense and sex offender policies Examines the political "untouchability" of sex offender laws and their adverse effects Features interviews with victims of sexual assault, investigating their points of views on what kinds of reforms need to be made to sex offender laws Thought-provoking and insightful, Sex Offender Laws serves as a vital resource for policy makers, researchers, and students of criminal justice, law, and social work.
Applying the Good Lives and Self-regulation Models to Sex Offender Treatment
Author: Pamela M. Yates
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884444876
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884444876
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Consensual Consequences
Author: Lynn Gilmore
Publisher: Robert Reed Pub
ISBN: 9781934759509
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
CONSENSUAL CONSEQUENCES is the gripping true story of how one woman fell in love with a registered sex offender.This captivating story profiles the life of an average American family who is living a not-so-average life. Lynn was an educated woman who found herself in a dead-end marriage, and after much soul searching she realized what she must do. Enter a new love, a good honest man living with the label of registered sex offender. Why would an educated woman fall in love with someone with such a label? Could this unlikely companion be Lynn's knight in shining armor? What are the consequences of this unusual love affair? As America wages war on every sex offender in the U.S.-no matter how minor the offense-how has this family coped with this scarlet letter and the restrictions placed on them? All of these questions are answered in this powerful story of true love and heartache while living in fear of vigilantism and simultaneously battling a system that punishes their whole family endlessly.
Publisher: Robert Reed Pub
ISBN: 9781934759509
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
CONSENSUAL CONSEQUENCES is the gripping true story of how one woman fell in love with a registered sex offender.This captivating story profiles the life of an average American family who is living a not-so-average life. Lynn was an educated woman who found herself in a dead-end marriage, and after much soul searching she realized what she must do. Enter a new love, a good honest man living with the label of registered sex offender. Why would an educated woman fall in love with someone with such a label? Could this unlikely companion be Lynn's knight in shining armor? What are the consequences of this unusual love affair? As America wages war on every sex offender in the U.S.-no matter how minor the offense-how has this family coped with this scarlet letter and the restrictions placed on them? All of these questions are answered in this powerful story of true love and heartache while living in fear of vigilantism and simultaneously battling a system that punishes their whole family endlessly.
The Registration and Monitoring of Sex Offenders
Author: Terry Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136715347
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This book seeks to provide the first serious and detailed narrative of the conception and implementation of the sex offender registers. It seeks to do so in a clear and easy to follow text that will be both informed and critical. It will also serve as a resource book for those wanting to make further study of the process of registration and monitoring.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136715347
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This book seeks to provide the first serious and detailed narrative of the conception and implementation of the sex offender registers. It seeks to do so in a clear and easy to follow text that will be both informed and critical. It will also serve as a resource book for those wanting to make further study of the process of registration and monitoring.
The Sex Offender Register
Author: Terry Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000374955
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Sex Offender Register examines the origins, history, structure and legalities of the UK sex offender register, and explores how political and public opinion has influenced the direction the policy of registration has taken. Delving into the origins of the UK sex offender register and how the registration policy has evolved, this book provides an understanding of the register and its contribution to public protection while attempting to see the register as a policy that has grown and developed and as having an organic life of its own. The sex offender register is designed as a form of public protection rather than a punishment, requiring offenders to notify the police of their circumstances and to accept a degree of offender management from the police. The book: • puts the development of the register in its political, social and ethical context • considers the position of children and young people as offenders • outlines the movement of registered offenders across international borders • analyses how offenders can be removed from the register • explores how other countries in the UK manage sex offenders through registers • asks questions about the efficacy of the register and what contribution it makes to public protection • looks at specific aspects of registration including the management of information • delves into the experience of life on the register • examines the influence of public opinion • discusses the role of the police as custodians of the register and as offender managers. Exploring the different pressures brought to bear on the register, this book provides an authoritative starting point for police officers, social workers, probation officers, magistrates, students of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Policing, and the general reader wanting to understand where the UK sex offender register originated from and how it operates today.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000374955
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Sex Offender Register examines the origins, history, structure and legalities of the UK sex offender register, and explores how political and public opinion has influenced the direction the policy of registration has taken. Delving into the origins of the UK sex offender register and how the registration policy has evolved, this book provides an understanding of the register and its contribution to public protection while attempting to see the register as a policy that has grown and developed and as having an organic life of its own. The sex offender register is designed as a form of public protection rather than a punishment, requiring offenders to notify the police of their circumstances and to accept a degree of offender management from the police. The book: • puts the development of the register in its political, social and ethical context • considers the position of children and young people as offenders • outlines the movement of registered offenders across international borders • analyses how offenders can be removed from the register • explores how other countries in the UK manage sex offenders through registers • asks questions about the efficacy of the register and what contribution it makes to public protection • looks at specific aspects of registration including the management of information • delves into the experience of life on the register • examines the influence of public opinion • discusses the role of the police as custodians of the register and as offender managers. Exploring the different pressures brought to bear on the register, this book provides an authoritative starting point for police officers, social workers, probation officers, magistrates, students of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Policing, and the general reader wanting to understand where the UK sex offender register originated from and how it operates today.
Information Privacy Law
Author: Daniel J. Solove
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
"Cases, exposition, and materials for the law school course on information privacy law or information and technology"--
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1184
Book Description
"Cases, exposition, and materials for the law school course on information privacy law or information and technology"--
Punishment in America
Author: Cyndi Banks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851096817
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From the Salem witch trials to death row, this work is a gripping analysis of the evolution of punishment practices, policies, and problems in America. From Puritan ducking stools to boot camps and supermax prisons, Punishment in America investigates the evolution of punishment in the United States. Intriguing inquiries into penitentiaries, parole, capital punishment, and other sanctions reveal how the rationales behind them—retribution, rehabilitation, and deterrence—reflect changes in society, culture, and values. Reaching beyond the typical focus on prisons and incarceration to extralegal lynchings and vigilante operations and the treatment of the poor and the mentally challenged, this remarkable review also explores the impact of stricter laws on pedophiles and drug offenders and the effect of three-strikes legislation and truth in sentencing. This thought-provoking work will help readers understand the conflicting roles that punishment has played in delivering justice and promoting rehabilitation.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851096817
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From the Salem witch trials to death row, this work is a gripping analysis of the evolution of punishment practices, policies, and problems in America. From Puritan ducking stools to boot camps and supermax prisons, Punishment in America investigates the evolution of punishment in the United States. Intriguing inquiries into penitentiaries, parole, capital punishment, and other sanctions reveal how the rationales behind them—retribution, rehabilitation, and deterrence—reflect changes in society, culture, and values. Reaching beyond the typical focus on prisons and incarceration to extralegal lynchings and vigilante operations and the treatment of the poor and the mentally challenged, this remarkable review also explores the impact of stricter laws on pedophiles and drug offenders and the effect of three-strikes legislation and truth in sentencing. This thought-provoking work will help readers understand the conflicting roles that punishment has played in delivering justice and promoting rehabilitation.
Rights, Race, and Reform
Author: Kristin Henning
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351602543
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
In 1962, a 15-year-old Arizona boy named Gerald Gault may or may not have made a lewd phone call to a neighbor. Gerald was arrested, prosecuted, removed from his parents’ custody, and sent to a juvenile prison, all without legal representation. Gerald’s mother’s outrage at the treatment of her son eventually propelled the case to the United States Supreme Court. With its sweeping 1967 decision in In re Gault, the Court revolutionized the American juvenile court system by finding that children charged with delinquency have a constitutional right to counsel. This anthology, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Gault decision, blends, across its three parts, legal and historical analyses, oral history, and personal narrative to provide an overview of modern Supreme Court juvenile justice jurisprudence, the advocates and organizations that defend children in juvenile court, the role these lawyers have played in the fight for justice for accused children, and the contemporary challenges facing juvenile defenders and their clients. The authors are leading juvenile justice reformers, advocates, and scholars, all of whom have been deeply involved in shaping modern juvenile justice policy and practice and most of whom have represented children in juvenile court. This book is for everyone concerned about justice in America. The personal narratives about children in the system will intrigue students and academics, engage lay individuals who are interested in children’s rights, and guide professionals, legislators, and other policymakers involved in juvenile justice reform and criminology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351602543
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
In 1962, a 15-year-old Arizona boy named Gerald Gault may or may not have made a lewd phone call to a neighbor. Gerald was arrested, prosecuted, removed from his parents’ custody, and sent to a juvenile prison, all without legal representation. Gerald’s mother’s outrage at the treatment of her son eventually propelled the case to the United States Supreme Court. With its sweeping 1967 decision in In re Gault, the Court revolutionized the American juvenile court system by finding that children charged with delinquency have a constitutional right to counsel. This anthology, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Gault decision, blends, across its three parts, legal and historical analyses, oral history, and personal narrative to provide an overview of modern Supreme Court juvenile justice jurisprudence, the advocates and organizations that defend children in juvenile court, the role these lawyers have played in the fight for justice for accused children, and the contemporary challenges facing juvenile defenders and their clients. The authors are leading juvenile justice reformers, advocates, and scholars, all of whom have been deeply involved in shaping modern juvenile justice policy and practice and most of whom have represented children in juvenile court. This book is for everyone concerned about justice in America. The personal narratives about children in the system will intrigue students and academics, engage lay individuals who are interested in children’s rights, and guide professionals, legislators, and other policymakers involved in juvenile justice reform and criminology.