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    John Douard, Pamela D. Schultz.
    Summary: The metaphor of the monster or predator usually a sexual predator, drug dealer in areas frequented by children, or psychopathic murderer is a powerful framing device in public discourse about how the criminal justice system should respond to serious violent crimes. The cultural history of the monster reveals significant features of the metaphor that raise questions about the extent to which justice can be achieved in both the punishment of what are regarded as ""monstrous crimes"" and the treatment of those who commit such crimes. This book is the first to address the connections between the ...

    Contents:
    Monstrous Crimes, Framing, and the Preventive State: The Moral Failure of Forensic Psychiatry
    Sexual Predator Laws: A Gothic Narrative
    Metaphor, Framing, and Reasoning
    Monsters, Norms and Making Up People
    The Sex Offender: A New Folk Devil
    The Child Sex Abuser
    The Mask of Objectivity: Digital Imaging and Psychopathy
    Forensic Psychiatric Testimony: Ethical Issues
    Public Health Approach to Sexual Abuse
    Conclusion: A Criminological Paradigm Shift.
    Digital Access Springer 2013