effectiveness of sex offender treatment interventions. It looks at which approaches appear to be most effective and why. Furthermore the paper attempts to identify if the treatment interventions are equally as effective with youth and adult offenders or not. The success of sexual offender treatment interventions is a notable focus for many countries throughout the world (Lösel & Schmucker‚ 2005). This is
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Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Peter Greenwood Summary Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency‚ says Peter Greenwood‚ not only saves young lives from being wasted‚ but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and
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Sexual coercion in prison is a more polite way of saying prison rape or pressure to have sex and giving into the pressure. Prison sex is a topic not many‚ like to touch on. However it is estimated that thousands of men‚ mostly young‚ or incapable of defending themselves have been coerced into performing sexual acts in prison. Another less talked about topic‚ or less understood is the primal need for companionship. Homosexual activity happens in prisons through out the world and through out
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Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is defined by the department of justice as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of race‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ religion‚ or gender and affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds and education levels. When intimate partners are involved in domestic violence‚ it is difficult to see or understand
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Female educators as sex offenders has been slowly coming into research. Female teachers sexually abusing high school students has become a concern over the years. Even though we hear about male teachers as predators and less about female teachers‚ does not mean it does not exist. This belief is due to male students not reporting the problem as much as female students. Female offenders go unnoticed because of the way they interact with their daily routines. Females are considered to be the nurturing
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included pedophilia in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1968. In the DSM‚ which is updated periodically‚ pedophilia has been grouped with other paraphilias -- which the APA defines as "recurrent‚ intense sexually arousing fantasies‚ sexual urges‚ or behaviors that involve children‚ nonhuman subjects‚ or other non-consenting adults‚ or the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner." But the next edition of the DSM -- the DSM 5 -- may instead refer to "pedophilic
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Comparative Study of K-Pop and OPM. Cervantes (2015) interviewed eight (8) K-Pop fans and eight (8) OPM fans and surveyed 200 K-Pop fans and 200 OPM fans residing in Metro Manila. The study found out that: (1) Fans of K-Pop knew the genre because of peer influence and used the internet to be familiar with the artists. On the other hand‚ OPM fans got to know their artists because of radio exploitation‚ performing‚ and publicity. (2) Language is not considered a barrier. In the case of VisPop artists
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In today’s society‚ humans are quick to judge others based on what they believe. Communities tend to negatively view people who are different and do not fit into their own norms. All cultures have norms but they have differences that do not adapt with the dominant core culture in the United States. How we create the other is from our beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors. If other people do not fit into a certain structure‚ we often have assumptions against them. Growing up in a particular neighborhood
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Is Ireland’s current women’s prison system fit for purpose? 1500w Throughout this essay the author aims to examine the prison system in Ireland‚ in particular the author will focus on the impact of the system on female inmates. A thorough exploration of the women’s prison system will be undertaken in order to establish the level to which this system is fit for purpose. The author intends to critically assess the system and its implications on women and wider society. The author will evaluate the
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evidence for a brutal murder case. He in fact‚ was innocent and was wrongly convicted which could’ve been avoided if the court had required more evidence against him. Another wrongful conviction was the case of Brandon Mayfield‚ he was convicted for the Madrid bombings only based off a partial fingerprint. His conviction could’ve been avoided if they required more points of similarities in fingerprints and if they had more evidence. The Caylee Anthony case was overly affected by media and too many people
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