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Claudia Jones has returned to Blithedale High School, but rumors about her possible alien abduction persist as everyone begins to feel the strange effects of her presence.

Claudia Jones has returned to Blithedale High School, but rumors about her possible alien abduction persist as everyone begins to feel the strange effects of her presence.

"... explores all facets of sex offending. Its coverage of sex crimes and sexual deviance in the United States emphasizes rape and sexual offenses against children and society's responses through the criminal justice system, including enforcement and investigation, the courts, corrections, and post-punishment treatment"--Back cover.

Summer 1939: twelve-year-old Angie finds the strength to defy the social norms of her small-town community when a dangerous man poses a threat to a friend.

Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origins to the rarefied heights of New York City's financial elite. A college dropout with an instinct for numbers, and for people, Epstein amassed his wealth through a combination of access and skill. But even after he had it all, Epstein wanted more. And that unceasing desire, especially a taste for young girls, resulted in his stunning fall from grace. From Epstein himself, to the girls he employed as masseuses at his home, to the cops investigating the appalling charges against him, this book examines all sides of a case that scandalized one of America's richest communities.

Offers advice to parents on how to protect their children from sexual predators, describing the characteristics of predators, their patterns of behavior, and different types of predators, including males, females, youth, and siblings; and provides information on Internet child abuse, sex offender registries, and prevention strategies.

Finding and exposing sexual predators on television, reporter Wendy Tynes prompts the arrest of a man who worked as an advocate for abused children and tackles the case of a missing girl before a group of vigilante fathers makes Wendy fear that she accused an innocent man.

Reporter Wendy Tynes has made it her mission to bring down sexual preditors on national television, but she begins to doubt her instincts after exposing social worker Dan Mercer until she discovers a link between Mercer and Haley McWaid, a seventeen-year-old girl from suburban New Jersey who has been missing for three months.

A federal agent discusses the practice of behavioral profiling of serial criminals in which he uses psychological assessments to solve crimes and catch criminals.

A collection of twenty-five essays that provides varying perspectives on sexual violence, debating the seriousness of the problem, factors that contribute to it, society's response to it, and policies that may help reduce it.