Rehabilitating Criminal Sexual Psychopaths: Legislative Mandates, Clinical Quandaries

by Nathaniel J Pallone and Nathaniel J. Pallone

More than half the states in the US have legislation on sex offenders that distinguishes between those whose offense is incidental to other offenses ("felony" sexual offenders), and those who engage in "repetitive, habitual, or compulsive" sex offenses ("criminal sexual psychopaths"). This second category is the subject of this book. The legislation specifies that criminal sexual psychopaths must be treated, not punished. But treatment is problematic;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412865336
• ISBN13: 9781412865333
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"