Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation

Michael L. Perlin,Heather Ellis Cucolo

Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Country
United States
Published
24 March 2017
Pages
344
ISBN
9781439912928

Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation

Michael L. Perlin,Heather Ellis Cucolo

Convicted sexually violent predators are more vilified, more subject to media misrepresentation, and more likely to be denied basic human rights than any other population. Shaming the Constitution authors Michael Perlin and Heather Cucolo question the intentions of sex offender laws, offering new approaches to this most complex (and controversial) area of law and social policy.

The authors assert that sex offender laws and policies are unconstitutional and counter-productive. The legislation largely fails to add to public safety-even ruining lives for what are, in some cases, trivial infractions. Shaming the Constitution draws on law, behavioral sciences, and other disciplines to show that many of the solutions to penalizing sexually violent predators are wrong, as they create the most repressive and useless laws.

In addition to tracing the history of sex offender laws, the authors address the case of Jesse Timmendequas, whose crime begat Megan’s Law; the media’s role in creating a moral panic; recidivism statistics and treatments, as well as international human rights laws. Ultimately, they call attention to the flaws in the system so we can find solutions that contribute to public safety in ways that do not mock Constitutional principles.

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