
Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders
Research and Realities
Donna Vandiver, Jeremy Braithwaite
Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders
Research and Realities
Donna Vandiver, Jeremy Braithwaite
About This Book
Sex Crimes and Sex Offenders: Researchand Realities provides an overview of social scientific theory and research on sex crimes and sex offenders. Most other books on the market are focused on a single issueâsuch as treatment, rape, pedophilia, theory, etc. This bookis unique in that it covers the mostcurrent theory and research along with individual cases of sex crimes (e.g., Kobe Bryant, Jerry Sandusky, and other case studies), effectively linking theory and research with the realities of sex crimes and sex offenders as well as their victims. Vandiver, Braithwaite, and Stafford are careful to dispel myths and to focus on the heterogeneity of sex crimes and sex offenders, and not on any one issue orpopulation ortheory. Instead, they weave a framework using a full range of theoretical concepts and research data to integrate their discussions of crimes, offenders, victims, treatments, and policy implications. The result is a valuable resource for students and early-stage researchers investigating sex crimes or offenders.