Cheeseman is an instructor of Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. She has published articles including, Deviant Behavior, Corrections Management Quarterly and Criminal Law Bulletin. Del Carmen is Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice (law) at Sam Houston State University. He published a variety of books and articles in relation to law. Worley is and ABD at Sam Houston State University, he had published articles in relation to correctional offer-inmate inappropriate relationships. His research includes sex offender registration, family violence and white collar-crime. The audience that they are intended to have are educated individuals who are concerned with the way the prisons are controlled. They have looked at previous quantitative…
Center for Sex Offender Management. “Public Opinion and the Criminal Justice System:Building Support for Sex Offender Management Programs.” Center for Sex Offender Management . N.p., Apr. 2000. Web. 1 Mar. 2012. <http://www.csom.org/pubs/pubpinion.pdf>…
One emergent sub-theme to arise for all participants was the importance and significance of the connection between working with both victims and sex offenders, as they believed it provided a true representation and an overall interconnecting picture, “you get the balance, you get the full sort of picture or you get the full experience or impact from both parties so you don’t become too skewed in a way”.…
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…
This paper will illustrate the treatment outcome models of recidivism, relapse, and harm-reduction. Secondly, it will provide information on the similarities and differences of these three treatment outcome models, which will help define treatment success and failure in forensic setting for 28-year-old Sandra Lee. Thirdly, in this paper, challenges and advantages of these treatment outcomes will be explained. Fourthly, it focus on the article, “Guilt and shame as predictors of recidivism: A longitudinal study with young prisoners”, “A Study of Methadone Maintenance for Male Prisoners”, and “Adult Sex Offenders on Community Supervision”. Lastly, this paper will give an insight that this author gained concerning the comparison of these three treatment outcomes.…
Society has used several methods to treat sex offenders. First, they used sex offender treatment programs (SOTP). Over the years, studies have shown that SOTP was ineffective. A second method used included surgical sterilization and castration. During the early 1900’s this was the preferred method of treatment because society didn’t want a sexual offender to reproduce. However, research has found physical changes to the body do not change sexual drive (178). The third method used includes a surgical method in which the brain is modified. This is a highly effective method in treating sexual offenders but is very expensive, difficult to perform…
Protecting Children From Being Solicited By Convicted Sex Offenders On The Internet: The Need For A Federal Mandate…
The sex offender registry has been a topic of debates and formal studies since the Minnesota Sex Offender Registration Act was first passed in 1991 (Stevens, n.d.). The use of the sex offender registry has been saving lives of potential victims. Before the registry was enacted, sex offenders who lived in their neighborhood victimized adults and children and no one knew about their prior criminal history. In very public cases, it was brought to light that children were being abducted, sexually assaulted, and finally murdered by sex offenders that should have been registered. Those children could have been kept safe and may still be alive today if the public knew the information about their attackers. Also the surviving victims of sexual abuse…
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…
Sexual violence, especially involving small children, is a horrible crime and the worst nightmare of every parent. While every personal story of such violations is heart-breaking, it is important to examine how the entire American public is affected by inconsistent political action in defining sexual offences. Hence, in order to approach the dilemma that faces many individuals about what defines a sexual offender, it is essential that we examine the current sex offender law definitions and the reform needed to resolve the challenges of proper sex offender classification.…
The four domains of treatment are deviant sexual interest, arousals, and preferences, distorted attitudes, interpersonal functioning and behavior management (Hanser & Mire, 2011). Deviant sexual interest, arousal and preference can be sexual arousal to non-consenting partners, non-age appropriate partners and acts that are abusive in nature (Levine, 2001). With distorted attitudes, the purpose is to identify and alter the offender 's justifications for sex offending (Levine, 2001). Interpersonal functioning is important because if a person has bad social skills they may take out their frustration on victims by overpowering them or retreat to children (Levine, 2001). Since sex offending is a choice, behavior management is to show that relapse is a choice too (Levine, 2001).…
In the state of Georgia the regulation that covers the registration of sex offenders is O.C.G.A 42-1-12 (.…
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.…
To protect the young children, men, and women of the next generation, it is recommended sex offenders involuntarily undergo chemical castration which will influence nonviolent society. This effect has the tendency of a non-threatening environment with its extended treatment on sex hormones to reduce the levels of testosterone, desires, and unwanted fantasies. Depending on the offender’s mental stability, they will be released from prison after this method. As members of our community, one should ask, “Is chemical castration an appropriate punishment for sex offenders?” The death penalty is unconstitutional and is prison enough?By defining the necessity to understand the matter of chemical castration results on communities…