Many states have laws permitting the civil incarceration of violent sexual offenders after they have served their sentence. These laws must balance two strong interests: those of society in preventing the offender from committing further violent sexual offences, and those of the individual whose...

Psycho-sociological and legal aspects of online child sexual abuse such as criminalization, offender profiling, and rehabilitation have been thoroughly studied in the literature. The economics of the issue may appear relatively insignificant at first sight, considering the devastating effects on...

Despite the proliferation of trauma and memory research in recent years, we know very little about the contribution of transitional justice mechanisms to psychological healing and societal reconciliation in the aftermath of genocide, armed conflict and politicized violence. Many scholars in this...