The sex offender housing dilemma : community activism, safety, and social justice

The sex offender housing dilemma community activism, safety, and social justice

The controversy surrounding community responses to housing for sexually violent predators When a South Carolina couple killed a registered sex offender and his wife after they moved into their neighborhood in 2013, the story exposed an extreme and relatively rare instance of violence against sex off...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Williams, Monica (Sociologist), author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : New York University Press [2018]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Sex offenders > Rehabilitation > United States.
Sex offenders > Rehabilitation > California.
Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Sex offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > California.
Sex offenders > Housing > United States.
Sex offenders > Housing > California.
Community activists > United States.
Community activists > California.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Production of Siting Conflicts over SVP Placements
  • 2. Political Mobilization in Countrified Suburbia
  • 3. Litigating in a Rural Outpost
  • 4. Politics, Litigation, and Disorganization in an Urban City
  • 5. The Local Context of Community Opposition to SVP Placements
  • 6. Solving the Sex Offender Housing Dilemma
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Statutes Cited
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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