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Prison overcrowding: Examining the problem through the prism of the European Court of Human Rights
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Sex offender registration and public protection: Rethinking the management of sex offenders in the community
No full textThis chapter considers the effects the sex offender register (SOR) has on the lives of sex offenders, their family members, and ultimately public protection by considering recidivism. The controversies surrounding the SOR are multifaceted and the goal of reducing recidivism is one of those controversies; as noted by S. Maddan and L. Pazzani the idea that sex offenders are more likely to reoffend compared to other types of offenders is disputable. There are existing risk management approaches that address the negative consequences of sex offender registration in terms of the offenders’ ability to reintegrate back into society and preventing further offending while ensuring the protection of the public. As corrective services, including community corrections, have attempted to balance their role of public protection, the civil rights of offenders have been eroded because of attempting to balance the rights of the community with those of the offender
Becoming a pracademic: The importance of lifelong learning for police officer in the 21st century
No full textRaising awareness, improving victim safety: Exploring the efficacy of proactive domestic and family violence prevention measures
No full textDomestic and family violence (DFV) remains an issue of major concern for contemporary societies. DFV has been a focus of academic, political and social discourse since the initial contribution of feminist researchers, academics and activists, such as Erin Pizzey (1974, 1975), Carol Smart (1976) and Dobash and Dobash (1979), who raised the profile of DFV during the 1970s. However, DFV is now recognised as a heterogeneous social problem in which both women and men are victims (Hamel, 2005; Archer, 2006; Graham-Kevan & Archer, 2008; Ireland & Birch, 2013). Preventing DFV has been at the forefront of international efforts led by global agencies such as the United Nation’s World Health Organization (WHO), as well as national governments and local police forces. This chapter therefore, adopts a gender and sexuality inclusive approach in order to examine DFV prevention approaches with a focus on proactive measures. The chapter first contextualises the problem of DFV before exploring a range of DFV proactive prevention measures, including new and innovative techniques such as infotainment. This chapter advocates that proactive prevention can be used to not only extend the practice of victim safety, but to act as an early intervention strategy through raising awareness of this form of violence
When Thinking Leads to Doing: the Relationship Between Fantasy and Reality in Sexual Offending.
No full textThis chapter is taken from the following text: Jones, T. & Wilson, D. (2008). Thinking & Doing; Fantasy & Reality: An Analysis of Convicted Paedophiles. In Birch, P., Ireland, C., & Ireland, J. (Eds.) The Assessment, Treatment and Management of Violent and Sexual Offenders, London: Willa
Homophobic and non homophobic aggression: Examining its portrayal in print media
No full textThis chapter considers how media representation of homophobic aggression can affect levels of homophobia within society and therefore argues that the media has a role to play in both reducing and preventing this form of discrimination. It examines how homosexual aggression is portrayed in the media and focuses on the duty the media has as a recognised social institution, to ensure it does not adversely contribute to discrimination faced by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex community. The chapter describes a new and innovative research method in order to analyse the portrayal of homophobic aggression and non-homophobic aggression in print media. Homophobia is not confined to any one segment of society, and can be found in people from all walks of life. The reports of non-homophobic aggression have a lower percentage of positive emotions, negative emotions, and ‘big’ words. The chapter addresses the aggression component of homophobia
Treating stalking behaviour: A framework for understanding process components
No full textThis chapter argues that the focus for addressing stalking does not lie in defining the act but in understanding the motivation(s) for the behaviour, which is consistent with developments in the broader aggression field where motivation is argued to be of significance (Ireland, 2008a, 2008b, 2011). In this chapter, potential motivations and various typologies for stalking are considered, along with an examination and application of the advancements made in the aggression field tounderstanding stalkers and their behaviour. Through applying Huesmann’s (1998) Integrated Model of Information Processing, and then key components of aggression treatment to stalking, namely emotional regulation and management, this chapter proposes a framework for treatment intervention entitled the Stalkers Intervention Process (SIP)
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