Responding to Sexual Offending

1. The Realities of Legislating Against and Protecting the Public from Risky Groups
Andrew Williams, Mike Nash

2. Community-Based Management of Sexual Offender Risk: Options and Opportunities
Robin J. Wilson, David S. Prescott

3. Female Sex Offenders: Gender and Risk Perception
Ian A. Elliott, Alexandra Bailey

4. New Technologies, ‘Risk’ and Sexual Offending
Ruth McAlister

5. Sex Offending and Sex Tourism: Problems, Policy and Challenges
Duncan McPhee

6. Sexual Offending Treatment Programmes: The Importance of Evidence-Informed Practice
Adam J. Carter

7. Understanding and Responding to Persons with Special Needs Who Have Sexually Offended
Robin J. Wilson, David S. Prescott

8. Risky Business? Supporting Desistance from Sexual Offending
Beth Weaver, Monica Barry

9. Tales from the Trenches: Zooming in on the Process of Desistance from Sexual Offending
Danielle Arlanda Harris

10. Creativity and Rehabilitation: What Else Might Work in Changing Sex Offenders’ Behaviour?
Charlotte Bilby

11. Managing Sex Offenders in the UK: Challenges for Policy and Practice
Hazel Kemshall, Kieran McCartan

Keywords: Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Crime and Society, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Social Policy, Sexual Behavior, Community and Environmental Psychology