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	* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.		* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.

	* '''2013''' – [~~https://annas-archive.org/slow_download/3eba79de91ef6efc2a558f454ab44ad8/0/0 ''~~Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with [[Pamela Schultz\|Pamela D. Schultz]]). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.		* '''2013''' – [[Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry]] (with [[Pamela Schultz\|Pamela D. Schultz]]). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.

	* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.		* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.

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	* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.		* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.

	* '''2013''' – [https://~~link~~.~~springer.com~~/~~book~~/~~10.1007~~/~~978-94-007-5279-5~~ ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with [[Pamela Schultz\|Pamela D. Schultz]]). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.		* '''2013''' – [https://annas-archive.org/slow_download/3eba79de91ef6efc2a558f454ab44ad8/0/0 ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with [[Pamela Schultz\|Pamela D. Schultz]]). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.

	* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.		* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.

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	* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.		* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.

	* '''2013''' – [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-5279-5 ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with Pamela D. Schultz). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.		* '''2013''' – [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-5279-5 ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with [[Pamela Schultz\|Pamela D. Schultz]]). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.

	* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.		* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.

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	* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.		* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.

	* '''2013''' – [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-5279-5 ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with Pamela D. Schultz). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.		* '''2013''' – [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-5279-5 ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with Pamela D. Schultz). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.

	* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.		* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.

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	==References==		==References==

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	===Selected works===		===Selected works===
	* '''2007''' – [https://~~doi~~.~~org/10~~.~~1016/j~~.~~ijlp~~.~~2006.08.006~~ Loathing the Sinner, Medicalizing the Sin: Why Sexually Violent Predator Statutes Are Unjust]. ''International Journal of Law & Psychiatry'', 30 (1), 36–48.		* '''2007''' – [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17157910/ Loathing the Sinner, Medicalizing the Sin: Why Sexually Violent Predator Statutes Are Unjust]. ''International Journal of Law & Psychiatry'', 30 (1), 36–48.

	* '''2008–2009''' – [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292781985_Sex_offender_as_scapegoat_The_monstrous_other_within Sex Offender as Scapegoat: The Monstrous Other Within]. ''New York Law School Law Review'', 53, 31–53.		* '''2008–2009''' – [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292781985_Sex_offender_as_scapegoat_The_monstrous_other_within Sex Offender as Scapegoat: The Monstrous Other Within]. ''New York Law School Law Review'', 53, 31–53.
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	* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.		* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.


	==External links==		==External links==

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	===Selected works===		===Selected works===
	* ~~Douard, J. (1990). “Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility.”~~ ''~~Journal of Medical Humanities~~''~~, 11 (1), 87–95~~.~~<ref name="AIDS"~~ />		* '''2007''' – [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2006.08.006 Loathing the Sinner, Medicalizing the Sin: Why Sexually Violent Predator Statutes Are Unjust]. ''International Journal of Law & Psychiatry'', 30 (1), 36–48.
	* Douard, J. ~~(1995)~~. “E.–J. ~~Marey’s visual rhetoric and~~ the ~~graphic decomposition of~~ the ~~body~~.” ''~~Studies in History and Philosophy~~ of ~~Science~~'', 26 (2), ~~329–348~~.
	* Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''. Springer.<ref name="Springer" />

			* '''2008–2009''' – [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292781985_Sex_offender_as_scapegoat_The_monstrous_other_within Sex Offender as Scapegoat: The Monstrous Other Within]. ''New York Law School Law Review'', 53, 31–53.

			* '''2011''' – [https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/scapegoating-sex-offenderthe-monstrous-other-handbook-sex-offender Scapegoating the Sex Offender: The Monstrous Other]. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), ''Handbook of Sex Offender Treatment'', pp. 18-1 – 18-22.

			* '''2013''' – [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-5279-5 ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''] (with Pamela D. Schultz). Springer, International Library of Ethics, Law & the New Medicine, vol. 53.

			* '''2017''' – [https://utpdistribution.com/9781785927133/caught-in-the-web-of-the-criminal-justice-system/ Asperger’s Syndrome and Downloading Child Pornography: Why Criminal Punishment Is Unjust and Ineffective]. In L. A. Dubin & E. Horowitz (Eds.), ''Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses'', Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 219–234.

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	'''John Walter Douard''' (April 23, 1945 – September 22, 2020) was an American philosopher, bioethicist and appellate public defender. He wrote on the rhetoric of crime, medical humanities and forensic psychiatry while teaching part-time at Rutgers University and, from 2003, serving as an assistant deputy public defender in New Jersey.<ref name="Obit">[https://moriartyfh.com/obituaries/john-douard Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home]</ref><ref name="Salaam">[https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2013/a2288-10.html John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant]</ref>		'''John Walter Douard''' (April 23, 1945 – September 22, 2020) was an American philosopher, bioethicist and appellate public defender. He wrote on the rhetoric of crime, medical humanities and forensic psychiatry while teaching part-time at Rutgers University and, from 2003, serving as an assistant deputy public defender in New Jersey.<ref name="Obit">[https://moriartyfh.com/obituaries/john-douard Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home]</ref><ref name="Salaam">[https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2013/a2288-10.html John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant]</ref>

	~~==Early life and education==~~		Douard was born in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="Obit" /> He earned a B.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1986) from the University of Illinois Chicago,<ref name="UIC">[https://philpeople.org/departments/illinois-chicago/philosophy/alumnus University of Illinois Chicago]</ref> and later completed a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 2001.<ref name="Obit" />
	Douard was born in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="Obit" />
	He earned a B.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1986) from the University of Illinois Chicago,<ref name="UIC">[https://philpeople.org/departments/illinois-chicago/philosophy/alumnus University of Illinois Chicago]</ref> and later completed a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 2001.<ref name="Obit" />

	~~==Academic career==~~		From 1986 to 1997 Douard was assistant professor of philosophy and health policy at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.<ref name="AIDS">{{cite journal \|last=Douard \|first=John \|title=Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility \|journal=Journal of Medical Humanities \|year=1990 \|volume=11 \|issue=1 \|pages=87–95 \|doi=10.1007/BF00489831}}</ref> He joined Rutgers University – New Brunswick as adjunct faculty in 1997 and taught courses such as Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Bioethics until 2020.<ref name="Rutgers">[https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/730%20358%2001%20Douard.pdf Philosophy of Law – syllabus, Rutgers University]</ref>
	From 1986 to 1997 Douard was assistant professor of philosophy and health policy at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.<ref name="AIDS">{{cite journal \|last=Douard \|first=John \|title=Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility \|journal=Journal of Medical Humanities \|year=1990 \|volume=11 \|issue=1 \|pages=87–95 \|doi=10.1007/BF00489831}}</ref>
	He joined Rutgers University – New Brunswick as adjunct faculty in 1997 and taught courses such as Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Bioethics until 2020.<ref name="Rutgers">[https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/730%20358%2001%20Douard.pdf Philosophy of Law – syllabus, Rutgers University]</ref>

	~~==Legal career==~~
	After clerking in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Douard entered the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender in 2003, remaining there for the rest of his life.<ref name="Obit" />		After clerking in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Douard entered the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender in 2003, remaining there for the rest of his life.<ref name="Obit" />
	Among many appeals he argued was ''State v. Salaam'' (2013).<ref name="Salaam" />		Among many appeals he argued was ''State v. Salaam'' (2013).<ref name="Salaam" />

	~~==Scholarship==~~		Douard’s work combined philosophy, criminal law and critical rhetoric. His best-known book, ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry'' (Springer, 2013), co-authored with [[Pamela Schultz\|Pamela D. Schultz]], critiques psychiatric justifications for post-sentence civil commitment and proposes a public-health approach to sexual offending.<ref name="Springer"> John Douard , Pamela D. Schultz (2013) Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry, Springer, isbn=978-94-007-5279-5</ref>
	Douard’s work combined philosophy, criminal law and critical rhetoric. His best-known book, ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry'' (Springer, 2013), co-authored with Pamela D. Schultz, critiques psychiatric justifications for post-sentence civil commitment and proposes a public-health approach to sexual offending.<ref name="Springer"> John Douard , Pamela D. Schultz (2013) Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry, Springer, isbn=978-94-007-5279-5</ref>
			Douard died at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 22, 2020, aged 75.<ref name="Obit" />

	===Selected works===		===Selected works===
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	* Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''. Springer.<ref name="Springer" />		* Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''. Springer.<ref name="Springer" />

	~~==Personal life and death==~~
	~~Douard died at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 22, 2020, aged 75.<ref name="Obit" />~~

	==External links==		==External links==
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	==References==		==References==

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'''John Walter Douard''' (April 23, 1945 – September 22, 2020) was an American philosopher, bioethicist and appellate public defender. He wrote on the rhetoric of crime, medical humanities and forensic psychiatry while teaching part-time at Rutgers University and, from 2003, serving as an assistant deputy public defender in New Jersey.<ref name="Obit">[https://moriartyfh.com/obituaries/john-douard Hugh M. Moriarty Funeral Home]</ref><ref name="Salaam">[https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2013/a2288-10.html John W. Douard, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Douard was born in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="Obit" />
He earned a B.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. in philosophy (1986) from the University of Illinois Chicago,<ref name="UIC">[https://philpeople.org/departments/illinois-chicago/philosophy/alumnus University of Illinois Chicago]</ref> and later completed a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 2001.<ref name="Obit" />

==Academic career==
From 1986 to 1997 Douard was assistant professor of philosophy and health policy at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.<ref name="AIDS">{{cite journal |last=Douard |first=John |title=Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility |journal=Journal of Medical Humanities |year=1990 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=87–95 |doi=10.1007/BF00489831}}</ref>
He joined Rutgers University – New Brunswick as adjunct faculty in 1997 and taught courses such as Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Bioethics until 2020.<ref name="Rutgers">[https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/730%20358%2001%20Douard.pdf Philosophy of Law – syllabus, Rutgers University]</ref>

==Legal career==
After clerking in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Douard entered the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender in 2003, remaining there for the rest of his life.<ref name="Obit" />
Among many appeals he argued was ''State v. Salaam'' (2013).<ref name="Salaam" />

==Scholarship==
Douard’s work combined philosophy, criminal law and critical rhetoric. His best-known book, ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry'' (Springer, 2013), co-authored with Pamela D. Schultz, critiques psychiatric justifications for post-sentence civil commitment and proposes a public-health approach to sexual offending.<ref name="Springer"> John Douard , Pamela D. Schultz (2013) Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry, Springer, isbn=978-94-007-5279-5</ref>

===Selected works===
* Douard, J. (1990). “Ethics, AIDS, and community responsibility.” ''Journal of Medical Humanities'', 11 (1), 87–95.<ref name="AIDS" />
* Douard, J. (1995). “E.–J. Marey’s visual rhetoric and the graphic decomposition of the body.” ''Studies in History and Philosophy of Science'', 26 (2), 329–348.
* Douard, J., & Schultz, P. D. (2013). ''Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry''. Springer.<ref name="Springer" />

==Personal life and death==
Douard died at his home in Montclair, New Jersey, on September 22, 2020, aged 75.<ref name="Obit" />

==External links==
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John-Douard ResearchGate profile]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-douard-89a8004 LinkedIn]

==References==