Lessons from History in Dealing with Our Most Dangerous
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6174044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry Hobbs (0000-0001-9903-6908), Andrew Trotter (0000-0001-7069-2979) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | University of New South Wales Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-0096 • E-ISSN: 1839-2881 |
| Publisher | University of New South Wales Law Journal (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.53637/hkub2239 |
| OpenAlex | W2905557037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The conundrum of dealing with dangerous sexual offenders is one that has never been too far from the public and legislative consciousness. Striking an appropriate balance between community protection and the human rights of the offender is a difficult task and one weighed down by many competing considerations. In this article, we survey historical and contemporary punishment of dangerous sexual offenders in order to inform that debate. Measures adopted or employed by political communities to respond to such offenders should be chosen with an eye to history. This article argues that such measures are often adopted as a cure for public fear, and as such, they risk being overzealous, imprecise, disproportionate, and unjust. Reflecting on this history, we provide three points that should guide legislative and executive responses when dealing with our most dangerous
Balance (ability · Business · Consciousness · Criminology · Legislative history · Legislature · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Project commissioning · Publishing · Punishment (psychology · Sociology · Task (project management · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |