desk chairs
managing high risk sex offenders in the community
p sex offenders and in particular paedophiles have been the subject of much political and media attention producing intensive debates about the best way of dealing with them . this book explores these issues evaluating the measures in use or being considered including drug treatment mappa the use of the sex offender register restorative justice techniques and treatment programmes . it is concerned with high risk sex offenders both when they are sentenced to a community order and also when they are released back into the community after a custodial sentence . p the introductory section opens with a discussion on how terms such as paedophilia are constructed and viewed and then looks at how government policy regarding sex offending has developed over recent years . section two looks at issues concerned with risk management questioning whether enough is being done to monitor the risk that high risk offenders pose when released into society ; whilst section three on risk reduction covers the main methods of treatment including sex offender treatment programmes pharmacotherapy chemical castration and restorative and reintegration techniques . p section four focuses on specific offender groups ; including female sexual offenders sexual harm by youth mentally disordered sexual offenders and intellectual disabled offenders . these assess in what ways these offenders are different to the norm and look at how we should be dealing and treating these differences . p the final section looks at social and moral responsibilities including the patterns prevention and protection of cyber sex offences and media constructions of and reactions to paedophilia . in the final chapter the concept of dignity is addressed and the balance between community protection and the rights of sex offenders involved is evaluated .