There is relatively little known about how criminal justice system actors perceive sex
offenders and the fairness, efficacy, and scope of policies aimed at sex offenders.
Similarly, there is sparse research that specifically examines the attitudes,...
Sex offenders--Psychology; Sex offenders--Mental health
Sexual abuse and sexual violence perpetrated against women and children in the United States are social problems that need to be addressed. The United States is one of the most sexually violent societies in the world, having one of the highest...
Sex offenders--Psychology; Sex offenders--Research
Based primarily on theory, it is suspected that violent and non-violent sex-offenders can be differentiated by their psychopathic profile, as measured by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991). There is some concern that current...
