Sexual abuse.

Also to be released in March, "Child Sexual Abuse" evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders. The book argues that increasing media coverage involving the abduction, sexual abuse and murder of young children over the last 10-15 years has led to increasingly punitive legislation regarding the punishment and control of sex offenders and that those measures are "reactionary." Chapters include an overview and definitions of child sexual abuse and coverage of public confidence in the current system, the role of the media, the legislative framework and its history since 1954, and the ongoing criminal justice response. Published by Routledge (London/Philadelphia, PA), the book costs $48.