caa a22 4500 475765338 CHVBK 20180406123603.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008713919597 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008713919597 West D.J. Cambridge Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT, Cambridge, UK aut The Sex Crime: Deterioration more Apparent than Real? [Elektronische Daten] [D.J. West] Public concern about an escalation of sex crime is unsupported by a critical analysis of official crime statistics in England and Wales. Assumptions about the inveterate recidivism of sex offenders are unconfirmed by follow-up studies. A great variety of behaviours is covered by sex crime, from the grave to the trivial. To the traditional offences of predatory aggressors, violent rapists and a small number of dangerous offenders driven by pathological emotions, are now added date rapes and harassments previously little reported. All sex incidents involving children are widely believed to cause lasting damage, despite evidence to the contrary. Female offenders and boy victims are receiving more attention. Adolescent involvement is insufficiently distinguished from paedophile offences and male homosexuals are suspected of paedophile tendencies. The development of constructive therapeutic approaches is impeded by doubts about efficacy and a punitive ethos. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 child molesters nationallicence paedophilia nationallicence recidivism nationallicence sexual delinquency nationallicence statistics nationallicence European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/4(2000-12-01), 399-422 0928-1371 8:4<399 2000 8 10610 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008713919597 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008713919597 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- West D.J. Cambridge Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT, Cambridge, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/4(2000-12-01), 399-422 0928-1371 8:4<399 2000 8 10610 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer