Yes. Although most experts do not think a person’s feelings of pedophilia are curable‚ therapy may help them manage those feelings and not act on them. Some patients at high risk of committing sexual offenses may need medications to reduce their sex drive‚ Blanchard says. Are pedophiles only attracted to children? Some pedophiles may be as attracted to adults as they are to children‚ but it’s hard to know how common that is. That’s because most pedophilia research is based on people who were
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Sage Klutts Ainsworth Comp II July 13‚ 2011 Should Sex Offenders Be Castrated? Each year in the United States‚ the crime rate for sex offending rises. There have been several discussions about the way the law should punish the offender‚ such as jail time‚ having to register themselves as sex offenders to even have castration. Jail time might temporarily work‚ but its not completely effective. Registering themselves is still harmful to society. It’s not taking them out of their own game
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“On average‚ there are 288‚820 victims (age 12 or older) of rape each year in the United States” (RAINN). Many of these attackers are often known as sex offenders or rapists. Imagine having to wake up everyday dealing with the physical‚ emotional‚ and psychological consequences of being raped. The sex offenders or rapists’ who attacked you have to now go through a legal process and will be put onto a registry. Unfortunately‚ this legal process could take many months‚ and even worse is that several
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Marni Brown October 10‚ 2007 Laura Janick Sex Offender Restrictions: Rules They Live Must Follow The Georgia sex offenders laws are unfair and distorted in that they treat all sex offenders equally without considering the sex crime. This problem needs to be addressed because people who are not violent offenders are being treated as such by Georgia laws and Bills such as House Bill 1059. For example‚ I have a good friend on the Georgia sex offender list. He is on the list for having inappropriate
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Sex‚ violence and punishment By coming out with a heady combination of concrete proposals and tough actions‚ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has put herself in the forefront of the national debate on dealing with rape‚ and the issues of prevention and punishment. Harsher punishment and speedier conviction as modes of deterrence constitute the key features of her 13-point plan for ending sexual violence and securing justice for rape victims. Among the most noteworthy of her points is the decision
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Administration of Sex-Drive Reducing Medications of Sex Offenders: Treatment or Punishment? And Ethics‚ Prisoner Interrogation‚ National Security and The Media Force Administration of Sex-Drive Reducing Medications of Sex Offenders: Treatment or Punishment? The first article I chose was whether or not it is considered a treatment or a punishment to sex offenders if they are forced‚ by court order‚ to take medications that greatly reduce their sex drive.
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Naming and Shaming Sex Offenders Define: The social issue naming and shaming sex offenders is the worst sex offenders being named and shamed on a website with their picture‚ name‚ address and date of birth on their profile. People can type in the suburb they live in and see what sex offenders live in their area. Argument #1 For: Sex offenders‚ even more so than other forms of crime‚ are prone to re-offending upon release from prison. Therefore‚ to protect society‚ they should be required to
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2013 Sex Offender Registry 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
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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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(Herman‚ 56). This is what victims go through when they are sexually assaulted; they are traumatized‚ scarred‚ and silenced and they feel so insecure because sex offenders continue to commit rape on more and more people everyday. More importantly‚ the cause of all this is due to the lack of efficiency in the treatments available for the offenders. Some of the treatments include castration‚ pharmaceutical prescriptions‚ and psychological treatments all of which contain flaws. Whether it’s ineffectively
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