Sex Crimes and Offenders

Mary Cliffordhas her Ph.D. in Justice Studies from Arizona State University and is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. A founding member of the Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative on the SCSU campus, she has been engaged in researching and writing about various justice issues including approximately 15 years of active involvement in studying sexual deviance, sex crimes and sex offenders. Editor of the first comprehensive text on environmental crime, titled Environmental Crime: Law, Policy and Social Responsibility (Aspen, 1998), and co-editor of the second edition (Jones and Bartlett, 2011), Dr. Clifford is also the Pearson Prentice Hall (2004) author of Identifying and Exploring Security Essentials. Alison Feigh, MS, is the Director of Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, a program of Zero Abuse Project. In her role as a subject matter expert on child and teen safety, she works with students, parents, youth workers, faith leaders, law enforcement and the media to help prevent childhood abuse and abductions. Feigh’s work also includes writing curriculum for youth serving organizations, training professionals about online challenges kids face and advocating for families of the missing. Feigh has been working in the abuse prevention field for more than 18 years. She is especially drawn to prevention in faith-based communities and youth serving organizations, collaborating with teens regarding technology challenges and helping empower parents to talk with their kids about personal and online safety.

• Introduction: Listening to the Silence Surrounding Sexual Health and HarmsChapter One: Talking About “The ‘Healthy Sex’ Talk”Chapter Two: It’s Complicated! Defining Deviance, Dysfunctions, and DisordersChapter Three: So How Are the Children? Chapter Four: Historical Landmarks and Reflections on Sexual Deviance and Harm Chapter Five: Shifting a Legacy of Institutionalized Sexual Violence and HarmChapter Six: Over Exposed? A Picture of Contemporary Sexual ViolenceChapter Seven: Focusing on Sex Offenders: A Sampling of Typologies, Theories, and Behaviors Chapter Eight: A Focus on People Harmed by Sexualized ViolenceChapter Nine:Focusing on Global Issues of Sexual Violence and HarmChapter Ten:Laws, Public Policy, and Legislative ActionChapter Eleven: The Criminal Justice System Response: Policing and Prosecuting Sexual HarmChapter Twelve: Correctional Management and Civil CommitmentChapter Thirteen: Assessing and Treating Sex Offenders Chapter Fourteen: Sexual Violence as a Public Health Issue: Awareness, Advocacy, and PreventionChapter Fifteen: Integration and Application: Putting Theory into Practice

Sex Crimes and Offenders by Clifford and Feigh is a comprehensive review of the existing information on the definition of and social response to the control of sexual behavior…. The text is fairly complex but within the reach of those who have completed two years or more of college. The book is well referenced and adequately indexed, and the authors make limited use of illustrations. The work appears to be designed to be used as a text for specialized courses, but it may also generally serve those studying anthropology, counseling, psychology, sociology, or social work. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.