The Criminally Dangerous Sex Offender

Abstract

THE ubiquity of sex in the mind of man is nowhere more apparent than in the variety of devices that have been contrived to limit its free expression. Communities vary in their tolerance of unconventional sex behavior, but all condemn any involvement with children and severely condemn the use of force in the consummation of an assault on a victim of any age. In recent years over half the states have enacted legislation specifically providing for varying degrees of psychiatric study and treatment of convicted sex offenders. The passage of these laws reflects an increasing lack of confidence in traditional . . .