Reconsidering Sex Crimes and Offenders: Prosecution or Persecution?

This examination of our nation's sex crime laws and the social attitudes behind them argues that many citizens are being pursued as sex offenders for nonviolent and oftentimes consensual sexual behaviors.

• Case studies showing the effects of over-criminalizing nonviolent sexual behaviors

• Two contributors―one a professor of criminology, the other a sexologist focusing on sexual behavior

• A chronology of important dates in the history of prosecuting sex crimes in the United States

• A bibliography of sources for further reading on all aspects of sexual behavior, and the legal and social response to sex offenders