This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile,complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethicaldimensions of society's response to sex offenders injurisdictions from the USA to Japan.* The first publication to offer a detailed and wide-ranginganalysis of legal and ethical issues relating to sex offendertreatment and management* Covers a range of related issues, from media coverage toequality duties* Presents research from numerous national jurisdictionsincluding the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada,Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, and Israel* Includes perspectives from respected leading academics andpractitioners, including William Marshall, Tony Ward, DougBoer, Daniel Wilcox, and Marnie Rice

About the Contributors ixPreface xviAbbreviations xxivPart One Treating and Managing Sexual Offender Risk in Context: Legal and Ethical Concerns 11 Sexual Offenses, Law and Morals: Can Behavior and Attitudes Be Changed by Legal and Moral Efforts? 3Knut Hermstad2 Human Rights and Sexual Offenders 18Bernadette Rainey3 Sex Offenders, Consent to Treatment and the Politics of Risk 38Phil Fennell4 Special Offender Groups and Equality: A Duty to Treat Differently? 63Bernadette Rainey5 Expert Evidence, Ethics and the Law 82Tony Ward6 Ethical Issues in Sex Offender Research 97Tony Ward and Gwenda Willis7 Reintegrative and Disintegrative Shaming: Legal and Ethical Issues 113Anne-Marie McAlinden8 "Castrate 'Em!": Treatments, Cures and Ethical Considerations in UK Press Coverage of "Chemical Castration" 129Peter Brown9 Sentencing Sex Offenders: An International Comparison of Sentencing Policy and Legislation 150Karen Harrison10 Sentencing and Crime Policy for Sex Offenders in Japan: The Possible Impact of the Lay Judge System 168Mari Hirayama11 Unique Disadvantages, Unique Needs: Native American Sex Offenders 180Nora V. Demleitner12 Mandated Reporting Laws: Experiences from Israel 201Sheri OzPart Two Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Treatment 21713 Treatment for Adult Sex Offenders: May We Reject the Null Hypothesis? 219Marnie E. Rice and Grant T. Harris14 Ethical Issues in Treating Sexual Offenders: Applying Empirically Based Process Features of Treatment Delivery 236W.L. Marshall and L.E. Marshall15 A Forensic Psychologist's Involvement in Working with Sex Offenders 251Daniel T. Wilcox16 Punishment and the Rehabilitation of Sex Offenders: An Ethical Maelstrom 271Tony Ward and Chelsea Rose17 Distinguishing Moral and Clinical Decisions in Sex Offender Programs: The Good Lives Model and Virtue Ethics 287Bill Glaser18 Pharmacological Treatment of Sexual Offenders and Its Legal and Ethical Aspects 302Raphaela Basdekis-Jozsa, Daniel Turner and Peer Briken19 Female Sexual Offenders: The Need for a Gender-Responsive Approach 321Sherry Ashfield, Sheila Brotherston, Hilary Eldridge and Ian ElliottPart Three Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Management 33920 A Convergent Approach to Sex Offender Risk Assessment 341Jeffrey C. Singer, Douglas P. Boer and Martin Rettenberger21 Sex Offender Registration in the United States and the United Kingdom: Emerging Legal and Ethical Debates 356Terry Thomas22 A More Ethical Way of Working: Circles of Support and Accountability 372Stephen Hanvey and Mechtild Höing23 Ethical Practice and the Use of the Polygraph in Working with Sex Offenders 388Daniel T. Wilcox24 Sex Offender Civil Commitment: Legal and Ethical Issues 406Rebecca L. Jackson and Christmas N. Covell25 Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: A Systematic Review of the Literature 424Daniel Pacheco and J.C. Barnes26 The Traveling Sex Offender: Monitoring Movements across International Borders 445Terry Thomas27 Hell is Other People: The Importance of Controlling Pedophilic Activity 462Xanthè Mallett and Jann KarpIndex 479