Sex Offenders: A Criminal Career Approach [Hardcover]

An authoritative and in-depth treatment of the latest research into the criminal careers of sex offenders, providing background and investigating the policies used to combat one of societys most intractable public issues.

• Features chapters based on original research from the most prominent scholars in the field of sex offender and criminal career research
• Deals with the entire criminal careers of sex offenders from youth to adulthood
• Illustrates the significance of the criminal career approach for theory, treatment, research, and policy regarding sex offenders
• Covers a wider breadth of topics than existing texts and uses data from various studies and countries, including the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands
• Features an introductory chapter charting the origins of the criminal career perspective as well as the history of sex offender research, pinpointing the most important research questions and current debates in both fields

Notes on Contributors ix

Forewords xvii

Preface xxi

Acknowledgements xxv

Part I Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Sex Offending 1

1 The Criminal Career Paradigm and Its Relevance to Studying Sex Offenders 3
Arjan Blokland & Patrick Lussier

2 Criminal Career Features in Theories of Sexual Offending 23
Jo Thakker & Tony Ward

3 An Integrated Life?]Course Developmental Theory of Sexual Offending 43
Stephen Smallbone & Jesse Cale

Part II Criminal Career Patterns of Sex Offenders and Associated Issues 71

4 Criminal Careers for Different Juvenile Sex Offender Subgrou