@article{1432606,
      recid = {1432606},
      author = {Lussier, Patrick, and McCuish, Evan C, and Cale, Jesse,},
      title = {Understanding sexual offending : an evidence-based  response to myths and misconceptions /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {Addressing common myths and misconceptions about sexual  offending, this book highlights the current state of  scientific knowledge about the origins and the development  of sexual offending. It offers a critical overview of  current criminal justice policies and close to 100 years of  research on how to best improve these policies through  theoretically-grounded and methodologically-rigorous  research. Focusing on proactive prevention-oriented  strategies, this book revisits popular ideas about sexual  offending through an evidence-based lens, addressing  ideological and populist discourse that has led to  ineffective and reactive policies. It advocates for a  clearly defined concept of the phenomenon of sexual  offending to underpin research and treatment. Uniquely,  authors consider sexual offending from the viewpoint of  criminal justice research and practitioners, incorporating  the sociohistorical construction of sexual offending as a  social problem, developmental life course research, and the  impact of social policies. This book is a call for more  proactive research on the origins and the development of  sexual offending over the life course.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1432606},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53301-4},
}