In the 1950’s the judicial system believed that those individuals who committed a sex crime as a person who suffered from mental issues. They attempted to rehabilitate those who committed sex crimes, but they were never successful. For almost 30 years, some sex offenders have been prescribed medications, only after their consent, in order to reduce their sex drive (176).…
In 1994 “The Jacob Wetterling Crimes against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act” was passed. This required each state to maintain and continuously update a registry especially for sex offenders. The registry lists all registered sex, the type of crime they committed, workplace of the offender, and home address. The registry…
The Sexually Violent Predator Act was enacted in Kansas in 1994 and allowed for the commitment of these sexually violent predators convicted of or charged with a sexually violent offense and who suffered from a mental abnormality or personality disorder which makes the person likely to engage in repeat acts of sexual violence ( Kansas Legislature, 1994). Hendricks contended that where newly enacted punishment is predicated upon past conduct for which…
There are three theories or models of criminal justice. The first is the retributive theory, the second is the rehabilitative theory, and the last is the restorative theory. The first basically concerns itself with the punishment of people by putting them in boot camps/prisons or away from people, in order to deter their ways. Such acts instill discipline and fear, which in turn reduces crime. The second one believes that working with these people change their ways reduce crime (The U .S. Penal System: Restorative and /or Retributive Justice).The third restorative theory aims to reintroduce and re-incorporate the persons back into the community after retribution or rehabilitation.…
Doreleijers, T. (2009) “Offense related characteristics and psychosexual development of juvenile sex offenders” Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health.…
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.…
1). Since sex offender registries include personal identifying information such as fingerprints, DNA and handwriting samples, conviction information such as offense committed and jurisdictional information, these processes include, but are not limited to, the reinforcement and assistance in the investigations of sex crimes. The data obtained through sex offender registries offers assistance to investigators of law enforcement agencies, as well as other criminal justice agencies, in narrowing a suspect pool of offenders. “In addition, registries are designed to make sex offenders more visible to community members who, when they access or receive information about registered sex offenders living in their communities, may take increased protective steps” (“Sex Offender”, n.d., p. 1). The sex offender registration policy is used by the criminal justice system as a deterrent for future violations of sex crimes for repeat offenders by exposing them to the public for the criminal they are. The registry is also used to deter those who have yet to participate in criminal sexual behaviors and/or for those individuals that have concealed their criminal behaviors (“Sex Offender”,…
Freeman-Longo, R. (2000, August). Myths and Facts About Sex Offenders. Retrieved March 28, 2008, from http://www.csom.org/pubs/mythsfacts.pdf…
Canada has a instituted a sex offenders registry, like in United States of America, called Sex Offender Information Registration Act, in 2004. An act that requires sex offenders to register information for the reason being, that it supports the police in preventing and investigating sexual offences (Antonacci, 2013, pg. 121). The sex offender registry is a bit different than in United States of America where it is viewable to the public. Here in Canada it is only available to the RCMP.…
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…
Incest is a common crime among female sex offenders. Often these women are abused themselves. "Women who molested children independently were more likely than women who molested with an accomplice to have been severely molested themselves prior to age 10" (Lawson, 332). The male children are often embarrassed and do not always tell anyone about the abuse, and it is not uncommon for them to feel guilt about what is happening to them. Females tend to choose younger boys within their own families, perhaps to them it is a safer choice. Female offenders are not often violent towards their victims.…
One and six men and one in four women are statistically shown to recieve a sexual assault in their lifetime. Sex Offenders are a danger to men and women everywhere. Megan's law gives each state the privalge to make private and personal information about regesister sex offenders accessable to the public. In Michigan, "all offenders are entered locally by a probation/parole agent or criminial justice agency that deal with offenders. Offenders must be registestered after conviction (Megan's..)" and be published. Megan's law has been at controversy because somepople think that giving out a list of local sex offenders is a bad idea because it will cause worry and caos within a society. Others agree that they should be notified so that they are careful and protected from the offenders. That is why Megan's law is at controversy.…
At first I too thought the best criminological theory that best described Kemper’s behavior was the attachment theory, because parenting has been proven to have an essential influence on offending and self-control (Stephen J. Watts, 2014, p. 491). However, I later decided that the integrated theory best described his behavior due to multiple factors contributing to him turning into a sexual offender. I too agree that theories such as the feminist theory are difficult to apply to sex offenders because they are more like personal opinions. In my opinion there were several cognitive distortions which played roles in Kemper’s offending. For example, having crazy fantasies at a young and making justifications to himself for his actions.…
Sex Offenders should have their own community and live there, I don’t want to be living with Sex Offenders. I don’t want my children to be walking in the same neighbor where there is Sex Offenders. In Manchester alone there are 451 Sex offenders and I’m glad that they have it on the internet so that could can get the maps to see where they all live. Sex Offenders have to be registered where ever they live. But there are a few that get away from that and hide. The 451 Sex Offenders comes from the City Data of my State.…
Psychologists have come to a general consensus that the way a child is raised has an immense impact on how they are to behave sexually in the future (Hubble 1958; Spanier 1977; Thigpen and Fortenberry 2007). Benjamin Karpman, a Northwestern sexual psychopathy researcher, in his paper The Sexual Psychopath…