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Avenging Child Sex Abuse: Vigilante Violence in Prisons and the Community

Avenging Child Sex Abuse: Vigilante Violence in Prisons and the Community

Author: Long Joshua; Jason Vukovich
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032490694
Published In: July 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment. Child sex abuse leaves a scar that lasts a lifetime. Can any legal punishment balance the scales of justice? Can sex offenders ever repay their debt to society, or more importantly, to the victim? For some victims of this traumatic abuse, the debt remains unpaid, and it accrues interest. Vigilantes seek to avenge child victims by hunting down sex offenders in the community. Sometimes prisoners in correctional facilities conspire with rogue correctional officers to mete out their own form of "convict justice" on people who hurt children. While their motives and methods differ, these outraged citizens seek retribution through violence because they are disgusted with a justice system they believe shows extraordinary leniency toward child sex abusers.

Whether this violence occurs in the community or in jail cells across the country, the message these vigilantes broadcast is the same: if the government won’t seek retribution, they will.

The story is told through a series of case studies based on interviews with real-life vigilantes, most of whom are serving life sentences for their crimes. For the first time, vigilantes have been given the chance to tell their own stories. Patrick Drum, Steven Sandison, Joseph Druce, Jeremy Moody, Jon Watson, James Fairbanks, and others have shared their personal insights to help us get inside the vigilante mind. For some readers, these accounts will humanize people considered to be simply murderers. For others, it will demystify the popular portrayals of vigilantes in our society.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Ted Got What He Deserved

Chaper 2: Sowing the Wind

Chaper 3: The Hunt

Chaper 4: Contempt for Court

Chaper 5: Moral Murder

Chaper 6: Charles Bronson Bad

Chaper 7: Convict Justice

Chaper 8: Maxima Culpa

Chaper 9: A Bomb Built in Hell

Chaper 10: Avenging Angel

Concluding Thoughts: Justice or Revenge?