Sex crimes: patterns and behavior

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This edition offers a comprehensive survey of sex offenders and offenses and includes coverage of the psychological profiling of sex offenders, the often ritualistic crimes they commit, and the effect their actions have on victims. First person accounts from sex offenders enliven the research discussions surrounding the motivations for this deviant behavior and the impact of treatments. Two new chapters address Internet-related sex crimes and sexually motivated homicides. Includes helpful pedag…

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Full title :Sex crimes : patterns and behavior / Stephen T. Holmes, Ronald M. Holmes.

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Publication Date:©2009.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
Place of Publication:Los Angeles, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 327 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781412952989, 1412952980
oclc:on1079864840
LC Classification:HQ72 .U5 H63 2009

1. Sex behaviors and crimes in the United States. -- 2. Theories of sexual deviance : understanding the causal nexus. -- 3. Sex in history. -- 4. Nuisance sex behaviors. -- 5. Incest. -- 6. Pedophilia. -- 7. Child pornography. -- 8. Pornography. -- 9. Sex and the Internet. -- 10. Dangerous sex crimes. -- 11. Sexually motivated homicides. -- 12. Rape. -- 13. Victims of sexual assault. -- 14. Treatment of sex offenders.

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