This wide-ranging anthology offers a variety of perspectives with excerpts from books and current articles from research journals, plus four original contributed articles. Topics covered include the major types of sex crimes and offenders, therapies, juvenile sex offenses, and nuisance sexual offenders. This book is designed as a stand alone or as a supplemental text to Sex Crimes, 2/e. Features of this text include: Cutting-edge articles by top scholars in the field Major units of the reader parallel and enhance the contents of Sex Crimes 2/e 

Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places: Men Who Patronize Prostitutes

Lookin' for Love in All the Wrong Places: Men Who Patronize Prostitutes

Lookin' for love in all the wrong places: Men who patronize prostitutes
RichardTewksbury, PatriciaGagné, University of Louisville

One of the most pronounced aspects of life in the United States today is the pervasive presence of sex. Whether on television, in movies, in advertising, or in our day-to-day interactions, sex and images of sexuality are everywhere. In fact, the advertising industry in the United States is predicated on the idea that sex sells. Yet when individuals turn that simple concept around and “sell sex,” they are labeled as deviant and marginalized in U.S. society. Prostitution, “the world's oldest profession,” has been around for centuries. Still, the depth of understanding that social scientists, law enforcement officials, and ...

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