Fear and loathing in public policy: Ethical issues in laws for sex offenders

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Vess, James ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civil commitment; Community notification; Ethics; Extended supervision; Risk assessment; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; FEAR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NORTH AMERICA; OFFENDER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 67349149591     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2009.04.004     Document Type: Review

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