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Conclusions and Future Outlook

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After reading this book the major conclusion that readers will perhaps reach is that the war against sex offenders cannot be won. However, neither will it be lost as the demands for ever more control increase. We may reasonably ask what has been accomplished in this 100-year conflict.

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Laws, D.R. (2016). Conclusions and Future Outlook. In: Social Control of Sex Offenders. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39126-1_12

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