Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System (eBook, ePUB)

Autism, Developmental Disabilities, and Sex Offenses
Redaktion: J. D., Lawrence A. Dubin; Ph. D., Emily Horowitz

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in draconian and public punishment. Yet even when evidence shows that people with these conditions often pose little threat to society, or lack a core understanding as to why their actions break the law, the "sex offender legal regime" doesn't allow any room to take the disability into account.

This ground-breaking book offers a multi-disciplinary examination of how unjust sex offense laws trap vulnerable groups such as those with developmental disabilities. Drawing on research, empirical evidence and including case studies, experts from the fields of law, ethics, psychology and sociology explore what steps should be taken in order to ensure that laws are just and take into consideration factors such as the vulnerability of the perpetrators. Investigating the consequences caused by public hysteria over sex offenses, this book highlights the judicial failure to protect defendants with developmental disabilities in the context of the unjust and hyper-punishment of all those charged with sex offenses. Proposing a new way forward based on research and evidence-based sentencing for sex offenses, and elimination of the sex offender registry, this book offers an informed and compassionate view that is essential for all professionals working in this field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784502980
• Artikelnr.: 48569222

Autorenporträt

Edited by Lawrence A. Dubin, J.D. and Emily Horowitz, Ph.D. Foreword by Alan Gershel, J.D. Introduction by Mark Mahoney, J.D. Afterword by Tony Attwood.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Alan Gershel
J.D.
Former U.S. Attorney
Eastern District of Michigan
USA. Introduction. Mark Mahoney
J.D.. Introduction: Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism
Other Developmental Disabilities and Non-Contact Sex Offenses. Lawrence A. Dubin
Professor of Law
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
USA and Emily Horowitz
Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
St. Francis College
Brooklyn
New York
USA. 1. A Father's Journey to Protect His Son: A Legal Perspective. Lawrence A. Dubin. 2. Child and Juvenile Pornography and ASD. Gary Mesibov
Licensed Psychologist
Professor Emeritus
University of North Carolina
USA. 3. Representing an Autism Spectrum Disorder Individual Charged with Possession of Internet Child Pornography: A Case Study. Kenneth M. Mogill
Criminal Defense Lawyer
Mogill
Posner & Cohen
USA. 4. Forensic Assessment of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum Charged with Child Pornography Violations. Dr Dennis P. Sugrue
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Michigan
USA. 5. Sex Offenses
Lies
and Politics: The Web of the Registry. Emily Horowitz. 6. Tilting at Windmills: The Misplaced War on Child Pornography Offenders. Mark H. Allenbaugh
Criminal Defense Lawyer
USA. 7. Egregious Flaws Discredit the Butner Redux Study: Effective Policies for Sentencing Federal Child Pornography Offenders Require Findings Based on Valid Research Principles. Richard Wollert
Mental Health
Law and Policy Institute
Simon Fraser University
Canada and Alexander Skelton
Department of Corrections
Wellington
New Zealand. 8. Accessors and Distributors of Child Pornography: Not Who You Think They Are. Fred S. Berlin
Sexual Behaviour and Consultations Unit
John Hopkins University
USA. 9. Collateral Damage of Sex Offender Management Policies for Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome and Their Family Members. Erin Comartin
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Wayne State University
USA. 10. An Alternative Universe: The Perspective of an Autistic Registrant. Nick Dubin
USA. 11. Navigating Judicial Responses for Those Caught in the Web. Catherine Carpenter
Professor of Law
Southwestern Law School
USA. 12. Asperger's Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment is Unjust and Ineffective. John Douard
Professor of Philosophy
University of New Jersey
USA and Pamela Schultz
Professor of Communication Studies
Department of Psychology and Communication
Alfred University
USA. Afterword. Tony Attwood.