Foreword / Kimberly A. McCabe -- Introduction: Listening to the Silence Surrounding Sexual Health and Harms -- Talking about the "Healthy Sex" Talk -- Defining Deviance, Dysfunctions, and Disorders -- So How Are the Children? -- Historical Landmarks and Reflections on Sexual Deviance and Harm -- Shifting a Legacy of Institutionalized Sexual Violence and Harm -- Overexposed? A Picture of Contemporary Sexual Violence -- Focusing on People Who Commit Sexual Harms: A Sampling of Typologies, Theories, and Behaviors -- A Focus on People Harmed by Sexualized Violence -- Focusing on Global Issues of Sexual Violence and Harm -- Laws, Public Policy, and Legislative Action -- The Criminal Justice System Response: Policing and Prosecuting Sexual Harm -- Correctional Management and Civil Commitment -- Assessing and Treating Sex Offenders -- Sexual Violence as a Public Health Issue: Awareness, Advocacy, and Prevention -- Integration and Application: Putting Theory into Practice
Summary:
"For decades, and in some cases centuries, individuals, families, and friends of victims have sought out ways to help heal the hurts caused by sexual abuse and implement some way to protect against future harms. The recent and very public conversations about victims standing up to perpetrators have expanded the reach and public platform of sexual violence preventing efforts in critical ways. What might appear a relatively simple task on the surface, to define 'healthy' and 'harmful' sexual practices, inevitably raises even more questions. When the questions and answers are framed and defined through historical, cultural, social, and individual lenses, solutions are seldom simple. Structured in five parts, Sex Crimes and Offenders: Exploring Questions of Character and Culture uses healthy sexuality as a backdrop for exploring the complicated issue of identifying and punishing sex crimes, defining the parameters of sexualized violence, and preventing sexual violence. The goal is to prevent harm, address hurts, hold perpetrators accountable and help support victims. Essential resources made visible throughout this text are provided to help inform young people, families, faith communities, and future practitioners, to raise important reflective questions, and to serve as a resource for anyone of any age who has suffered harm or perpetrated harm, and is in need of support and healing. Finally, the book concludes by shining a light on the efforts each of us can take to identify, reduce, and work toward eliminating sexual violence and harms."-- Page 4 of cover.
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