Essays on Sex Offenders

Introduction

It is a sad fact is that rape remains a common crime all over the world, and different countries have different punishments for convicted rapists. Chemical castration is a process where drugs are used for reducing sexual activity and libido of the convicts. Among all the options that are present in the judicial systems, probably the most logical solution is chemical castration. Chemical castration is a process where drugs are used for reducing sexual activity and libido of the convicts (Park). Even though some people might claim that chemical castration seems too harsh a punishment, but it is only ...

Abstract

The Vandiver et al. (2011) study uses an interview-based approach to determine the effects that female sex offenders feel as a result of their placement on the sex offender registry. The article looks at women from Texas and Illinois, and accumulates information about judicial processing experiences and the effects of their placement on the registry. The Vandiver et al. (2011) study focuses specifically on the experiences of female sex offenders, which is quite different from many studies on the impacts of being placed on the registry, as most individuals who are placed on the registry are male. The purpose ...

A sexual offender is a person who has committed a sex crime, which is punishable by law. Sex crimes, on the other hand, are determined by a particular area’s laws and jurisdiction and they determine whether a person’s actions fall under sexual offense or otherwise. In many countries, sex crimes are in fact major crimes which are kept side by side with other crimes like physical assault or breaking traffic rules. While some crimes committed by sex offenders are strictly sexual in nature, others might be those that are a violation of those who are chosen by ...

With the advent of computer use by all and sundry, criminal minded people have also ventured into what is termed as cyber crime, which has as many ramifications as there are categories of crime. It has therefore become imperative for the government and law enforcement agencies to put up stringent measures against such criminals. The main categories of crimes, perpetrated through computers are stealing computer hardware or software, manipulating data through computers, telecommunications and internal computer crimes. When viruses are implanted into other people’s computers in a deliberate attempt at being malicious against such people this constitutes internal ...

The issues on sexuality is a complex thing to most people across the world, but when it comes to sex offenders, a good number of people believe that it is only men who fall under that category. However, things have changes and females have the same potential to fall under sex offenders as men. Most of the registered sex offenders are high school teachers with their male students. This discussion will show statistically whether female sex offenders has increased or decreased in the last twenty years. According to ABC News in 1999, 12% of women in Minnesota were found ...

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Sex registries are laws in different countries that allow the government to keep the track of sex offenders even after they have completed their criminal sentences. The record is accompanied by the address of the offender in question. The offender may sometimes be put to a restriction that does not apply to other people. The jurisdictions even allows the courts to put such offenders under probation. The aim of the paper is to discuss the arguments about sex offender’s registry using four different sources, government report, non-profit organization, books, and documentary videos. The government has passed an act ...

ABSTRACT

Child pornography is generally considered an almost unspeakable perversion. John Doe is a 21-year old Caucasian male that has been arrested and tried for possession and distribution of this material. A postarrest mental health assessment shows that his main problems are social and emotional in nature. The criminal postarrest assessment hypothesizes that this criminal activity may be due to social awkwardness. These two differ in nature because the former looks to establish a mental evaluation, exploring the personal aspects of this activity, while the second looks for motives in order to contrast his behavior with the law. He has ...

Release on parole or a shortening of a prison sentence are both highly complex issues that need to be viewed from both a legal as well as humanitarian standpoint. While ‘imminent danger to society’ is an integral component in determining if parole should be granted to any convict, I believe that when the crime relates to sex offences, even more care and precaution is necessary. The option of early release should only come in question if and when there are very explicit mitigating circumstances, such as the criminal being afflicted by a mental disease that prompted the action, and ...

Throughout the history of the development of the criminal justice system, researchers have always tried to categorize criminals on the basis of various factors in order to determine the needs of special treatment or rehabilitation process. Although the majority of offenders specialize in more than one particular type of crime, many of the delinquents and criminals "do show preference for certain antisocial acts that allow us to make rough categorization" and determine special criminal populations (Andrews & Bonta, 2010, p. 461). The two special populations that will be examined in this paper are as follows: sex offenders; male batterers. Patriarchal ...

After view the video that Campaign for Houston made about Proposition 1: the Bathroom Ordinance a lot of things came to mind. It is a very emotion video that makes the viewer actually think about the implications of allowing anyone to use whichever bathroom they want. When analyzing the video from an ethos standpoint Campaign for Houston did an excellent job. Ethos correlates directly with the authority and credibility associated with the presenter. The video is made and distributed by Campaign for Houston. This is a well respected political group that claims its core value to be protecting and ...

Behaviors of Adolescent Sex Offenders

Adolescent sex offenders can be classified based on categories of offenders, type of their victims and the manner of their offenses. Valid empirical typologies should show distinct profiles of juvenile sex offenders, and the characteristic of their offenses that reflect the underlying psychological problems or disorders. This is very crucial because this information can be used to evaluate the unique needs of each group relevant to clinical intervention and assessment of recidivism. Recent research has primarily subdivided the juvenile sexual offenders based on the age of their victims, history of delinquency, their personality.

Subtypes Based on Victims Age

Research shows that male adolescent sexual ...

Introduction

Adolescent sex offenders are youths aged between 12 years and 17 years who forcefully commit sexual acts with persons of any age, against the will of their victims or without consent in an exploitative, aggressive, and threatening manner (Ryan, 2010). It is difficult to accurately determine the prevalence of adolescent sex crimes due to the absence of comprehensive or accurate national statistics. However, the police, public, and policymakers are increasingly scrutinizing the instances where juveniles commit sexual offenses. Previously, the public did not pay attention to the problem, as most people were of the opinion that boys will always ...

Lievore (2004, p. 25) indicated that recidivism can be defined repeated arresting, reconviction of a person for criminal behavior. Also, the author points out sexual offenders can recidivate in non-violent and non-sexual violent crimes as well as in sexual crimes. Lievore also indicates that there are hidden and visible sex-offenders. Studies of recidivism for sex crimes are based on studying of visible sex-offenders. However, it is no clear if visible offenders reflect the whole population of individual committed sexual crimes. Falshaw, Friendship, and Bates used unofficial combined sources to examine rates of recidivism among sexual offenders. The rate of ...