Correctional Health Care, Correctional Education, and Correctional Sex Offender Programs are just a few practices to name. Correctional Mental Health is one practice that will be discussed in depth in this case study. Mental Health alone includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It too helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Mental Health in corrections is a very affective issue that is steadily growing within the correctional system. In this essay, I will provide a description of the program, the elements that lead to the success of the program, and the program structure and design that provide for an effective and successful correctional…
According to “The Accidental Sex Offender” by Abigail Pesta, a Texas teenager Frank Rodriguez was put on the sex offender registry because he has consensual sex with his underage girlfriend Nikki Prescott he had been with for over a year not knowing about the consequences of his actions, or even thinking he was committing a crime. He was just expressing his love for his future wife. It is said that the mother of the Nikka reported her daughter’s boyfriend to the local authorities because she wanted the couple to stop having sex but as the daughter said everyone was doing it. The mother was unaware of the affects she would cause by doing so, she thought the local authorities would just speak to the boy, but instead the pursued a case against…
Participant 3 stated, “to think that, you know, children aren’t getting hurt because I am sitting in a room with this person, that’s priceless”. There was also a fundamental belief they acted as barriers between sex offenders and society, because whilst they were working with sex offenders, they were protecting society from further harm, as one participant stated, “whilst offenders are engaged with us and whilst they are looking at us, they are not looking at children for whatever length of time that is”. Also, the connection between working with victims and sex offenders emerged again, because by being able to see the impact on victims provided motivation for doing the work, which was confirmed by Participant 1, “I see the harm, I see the impact, I can see the incredible pain and I would tolerate a lot to avoid that happening to someone…
Sex crimes in Tennessee are offenses that the public does not tolerate .These crimes are viewed as…
The following annotated bibliography provides peer reviewed articles surrounding the topic of juvenile sex offenders (JSO) and treatment to reduce recidivism rates. The terms juvenile sex offender and adolescent sex offenders (ASO) are used interchangeably. The treatment provided below is of Multisystemic Therapy (MST). MST is a family focused, community-based treatment that literature has proven to be significantly effective. The articles below will touch upon the efficacy of MST on JSO’s and nonsexual juvenile offenders, advantages and disadvantages of MST, and the implications on practice. The undersigned has significant interest in this population due to society’s assumptions that this population is specialized and requires specialized…
With Deontologist view that it is their job to study and do their duty. Problems that they run into are not wanting to deal with sex offenders. Their goal needs to be that a sex offender is under watch, and it would be officer’s job to protect the community. An ethical perspective would be that are duty is to serve and protect even though at times you don’t feel like it you still have to what is best for the people in the community by protecting them, and monitoring sex offenders. We know that a deontologist view is to know the intent of the action. As a job we know that we must publish the names and addresses of were registration sex offenders live. It is in our duty to be ethical and judge the morality of an action. We know that they have…
Keeping labeling theory in mind, does sex registration (of convicted sex offenders) serve the public interests, and or does this labeling process do more harm than good? Pls fully explain and defend your views.…
It is widely acknowledged in Australia and around the world that young people under the age of 18 should be subject to a system of criminal justice that is separate from the adult system. This is because young people often have lower levels of maturity, as well as knowledge when it comes to the law. Although morals and ethics form an important part of school education (helping young people to make sensible decisions), most aspects of the law do not become clear until they reach adulthood. In NSW young people are legally separated from adults when it comes to rights such as questioning, identification, forensic procedures, having the right to a support person and automatic legal aid. Young people also have a separate court to deal with their and separate legislation offences. The effectiveness of these judicial and legislative provisions inevitably has mixed results. This merits an ongoing monitoring and review process that aims to identify the legal issues faced by young offenders within the criminal justice system, and support and protect young people in the legal system.…
Protecting Children From Being Solicited By Convicted Sex Offenders On The Internet: The Need For A Federal Mandate…
* Douglas, Emily, and D. Finkelhor, (2005). Childhood Sexual Abuse Fact Sheet. Crimes Against Children Research Center.…
There are a surprising number of laws and rules that restrict opportunities based on a criminal history. Many collateral consequences can affect a convicted person's employment, business opportunities and for others, can deny access to government benefits, participation in certain programs to include student loans, housing, contracting and other forms of participation in their public lives. Instances of collateral consequences involve the refusal of government issued licenses or permits, disentitlement for public services and public programs, and the prohibiting of civil rights. However, there is a real concern on a social level that collateral consequences could inflict such punitive difficulties on individuals that are found guilty and…
In conclusion, sex offender registration serves as a warning system for our communities. It is necessary and will hopefully save many potential victims from unspeakable crimes; however, in order to meet the purpose of such system a reform in the registration requirements is needed. Consequently, the federal and local state governments should revisit the notification laws by excluding minors and non-violent offenders. In the end, the present way of such law execution will only lead to additional fear, confusion, and a misplaced sense of justice in our…
Years ago sex offenders were majorly male. In fact it was unheard of for a female to even be thought of as a sex offender. Today we hear of more women being arrested for molestation, incest, and other sex crimes. All too often teachers are being found guilty of having relationships with their underage students. Female sex offenders have not gotten as much attention as male sex offenders. It is because of this that the offenders cannot be studied as thoroughly as males.…
Who are adolescent sex offenders? In its basic and most simple form adolescent sex offenders could be defined as any juvenile male or female, approximately between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age who commit any sexual act with another person, unlawfully against that persons will, regardless of age limit. Research has suggested that adolescent sexual offenders are also embedded in multiple systems (family, peer, school) in which dysfunctional transactions are rather evident. There is also a general consensus that adolescent sexual offenders have difficulty maintaining close interpersonal relations and are isolated from their peers. Finally, a relatively high percentage of adolescent sexual offenders evidence behavioral…
On any given day in America, 234,000 sex offenders roam the streets. Many preying on girls where the median age of assaulted girls is 13 (Beana). Many of these sex offenders find their prey in beauty pageants where they are pulled in by the girls as young as three being dressed in provocative costumes and dancing suggestively. Not only does this pull people in but psychologists…