Understanding s**ual Offending: An evidence-bas. Lussier, McCuish, Cale**

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Gain an evidence-based understanding of sexual offending, debunking common myths and misconceptions. This book critically examines current scientific knowledge on the origins and development of sexual offending, offering insights into improving criminal justice policies through rigorous research. It advocates for proactive, prevention-oriented strategies by revisiting popular ideas through an evidence-based lens, challenging ineffective policies driven by ideological discourse. Discover a clearly defined concept of sexual offending to underpin research and treatment, incorporating criminal justice perspectives, sociohistorical construction, developmental life course research, and the impact of social policies. A call for more proactive research on sexual offending over the life course. Key Features: * Evidence-based response to myths and misconceptions about sexual offending. * Critical overview of current criminal justice policies and nearly 100 years of research. * Focuses on proactive prevention-oriented strategies. * Advocates for a clearly defined concept of sexual offending. * Incorporates criminal justice research, developmental life course research, and social policy impacts. Summary for Search: Understanding Sexual Offending, evidence-based response, myths, misconceptions, sexual offending, criminal justice, research, prevention, policy, life course, Patrick Lussier, Evan C McCuish, Jesse Cale, Springer Nature, Hardcover, English, 401 pages, First edition, ISBN 9783030533007.