Concepedia

A False Sense of Security: Moral Panic Driven Sex Offender Legislation

Mary Ann Maguire, Jennie Kaufman Singer

Critical Criminology · 2010 · 35 citations · 20 references

Concepts

Social SciencesCriminologySocial PsychologyForensic PsychologyMoral PsychologySexual OffensesDefenses To Sexual OffensesMoral PanicsSentencing For Sexual OffensesSex Offender AssessmentSexual AssaultSexual ExploitationCrime Moral PanicsSex Offender SentencingSexual Moral Panics

References

20

Public Perceptions About Sex Offenders and Community Protection Policies

Jill S. Levenson, Yolanda Nicole Brannon, Timothy Fortney et al. · Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy · 2007 · 556 citations

Public Affairs, Public Policy, Social Policy +14

Rethinking 'Moral Panic' for Multi-Mediated Social Worlds

Ángela McRobbie, Sarah Thornton · British Journal of Sociology · 1995 · 553 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Sociology +12

Theoretical Criminology

George B. Vold · Harvard Law Review · 1959 · 394 citations

PERCEPTIONS OF SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION: COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES

Richard Tewksbury, Matthew Lees · Sociological Spectrum · 2006 · 329 citations

Law, Criminal Law, Criminology +9

The Impact of Sex Offender Residence Restrictions: 1,000 Feet From Danger or One Step From Absurd?

Jill S. Levenson, Leo P. Cotter · International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology · 2005 · 275 citations

Social Sciences, Criminal Law, Criminology +16