The Handbook of Forensic Sexology: Biomedical and Criminological Perspectives (New Concepts in Human Sexuality) [Hardcover]

James J. Krivacska (Editor), John Money (Editor)

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Series: New Concepts in Human Sexuality | Publication Date: July 1994

The relationship of scientific research on human sexuality (sexology) to society's legal, judicial, and law enforcement systems (forensics) is the focus of this encyclopaedic volume. Editors James J. Krivacska and John Money have assembled contributions by leading experts, covering a wide range of legal and medical issues pertaining to the interconnection between law and sexual behaviour. Section one examines the nature of paraphilic behaviour and the social framework within which some of it becomes illegal. The topics discussed include sodomy, paedophilia, incest, sexual abuse, rape, exhibitionism, prostitution, and sexual harassment. Section two looks at current strategies for assessing the problems of sex offenders and victims. Among the areas addressed are 'real' sexual abuse vs. 'manufactured' allegations of abuse memories, allegations of satanism and ritual sexual abuse, and the difficulties of treating sex offenders within a legal framework. The final section argues that sexology has much to contribute to the debate of the appropriate role of government in regulating the private sexual behaviour of the citizenry. Sex education, contraception, abortion, AIDS, pornography, social tolerance vs. criminalisation, and a comparative view of public sex policy in China and Russia are among the subjects reviewed.

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"... a superb tome of encyclopaedic scope encompassing the wide range of research on sexuality and its intersection with society's legal, judicial, and law enforcement systems...a welcome addition to the bookshelf of policy makers, educators, health care workers, therapists, lawyers, law enforcement officers, judges, and anyone with an interest in or need to deal with any aspect of forensic sexology." -- SIECUS Report

Product Details

• Hardcover: 594 pages
• Publisher: Prometheus Books (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087975883X
• ISBN-13: 978-0879758837
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,142,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone interested in sexology and law !, July 12, 2001

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This review is from: The Handbook of Forensic Sexology: Biomedical and Criminological Perspectives (New Concepts in Human Sexuality) (Hardcover)

A reference book for both sexologists and criminologists, or anyone interested in human sciences with basic understanding of the DSM-III-R / DSM -IV psychiatric terminology. Contains interesting analysis of incest laws and their cultural backgrounds, fine description of pedophilia and other paraphilias, prostitution and sexual harassment and transsexualism (with regard to sex reassignment and law). The second part of the book deals with the identification and case management of sex offenses, among which the allegations of satanism and ritual sex abuse, the manufacture of sexual abuse "memories", the alleged child victim and real victims of sexual abuse. Part three offers some views on paraphilic prevention and its social and legal implications, i.e. the social tolerance versus criminalization debate. Further contributions include: the alleged link between pornography and violence, the psychiatric complications of AIDS, and forensic sexology in China and Russia. A must on the bookshelves of academics and professionals in human sciences !