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Title:
Sex crimes : transnational problems and global perspectives / Alissa R. Ackerman and Rich Furman, editors.
Author:
Ackerman, Alissa.

Furman, Rich.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
HV6556 .S423 2015
Abstract:
Sex crimes, such as rape, child sexual abuse, and intimate partner violence, are increasingly transnational in nature, introducing unique cross-border and cross-cultural challenges for police, the courts, and the law. Policy makers and practitioners are in need of a resource that explores the incidence, prosecution, and treatment of sexual crimes across different countries and cultures. This book is the first to investigate all aspects of sexual crimes and the policy and management initiatives developed to address them from a transnational, global perspective. Introducing an array of tools for reducing the prevalence and consequences of sex crimes, this volume brings together leading scholars in criminology, criminal justice, social work, and law to discuss topics ranging from sex trafficking and sex tourism to pornography, cyberstalking, and sexual abuse in the military and the Catholic church. Case studies track the reporting of these crimes, the methods used to interview victims and perpetrators, and the policies enacted to punish those involved.
ISBN:
9780231169486

9780231169493
Physical Description:
vi, 251 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The movement of sexual content and sex crimes from the local to the transnational / What is a "sex crime"? An examination of the various definitions of rape across countries / The use of masculinities in the understanding and treatment of male sexual offenders / A world of hurt : an international look at intimate partner violence / Global sex trafficking overview : facts, myths, and debates / INDOs and the UN trafficking protocol / Sex work and agency : decriminalization of prostitution / Sexual violence against political prisoners : an examination of empirical evidence in El Salvador and Peru / Conflict and postconflict sexual violence in Africa : case studies of Liberia, Northern Uganda, and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo / Donor dollars and ministerial mindsets : constraints on NGO responses to rape in Cambodia / Sexual abuse within institutional contexts / Child sexual abuse in the Catholic church / Sexual violence by and against trans people / The sexual abuse of animals
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