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Consumed with sex : the treatment of sex offenders in risk society / Dany Lacombe
British Journal of Criminology (The), Oxford, Vol. 48, n. 1 (January 2008), p. 55-74
Resumo inserto no próprio artigo.
CRIME SEXUAL, TRATAMENTO PENITENCIÁRIO, ESTADOS UNIDOS
This ethnography of a prison treatment programme for sex offenders examines the meaning of rehabilitation in the context of the 'new penology'. As it explores how cognitive-behaviourism structures treatment it uncovers a therapeutics grounded in risk that actively constructs the identity of the sex offender. It shows how the management of risk relies on techniques of introspection and self-discipline-a patient's internalization of his crime cycle and relapse prevention plan-that target primarily sexual fantasies. These self-policing techniques radically transform the sex offender into a species entirely consumed by sex.
