Juvenile Sex Offenders
Vaughnette Williams 4/20/11
Crime & Delinquency
Dr. Shirley I. Williams
Term Paper
Juvenile Sexual Offender
As we all know, throughout the years, we’ve heard of many sad stories of juvenile sex offenders ad offenses. So what is a juvenile sex offender? “A juvenile sex offender is defined as a youth, from puberty to the legal age of majority, who commits any sexual act with a person of any age, against the victims will, without consent, or in an aggressive, exploitive or threatening manner.” The sex offenses usually start from about age 14 or 15. Smallenger states that “15% of adult sex offenders started at an adolescent. Also 1/3% of the cases involved the use of boys.” In juvenile sex offenses, they are usually charged for forcible rape. Forcible rape is the carnal knowledge of a person forcibly or against that person’s will, or when a victim is mentally or physically incapable of giving consent. Most juvenile sex offenders go for children younger than they are, in which they can have control over. This will cause the victim to be afraid and they will obey the offender. In some sex offense cases, the cause of the crime is often unknown. Some of the causes are usually in some cases children live in homes that are investigates for abuse and neglect. Research shows that “sexual abuse of children is a widespread phenomenon. It is estimated that there are somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 cases of child abuse each year in the U.S. The estimated number of sex abuse survivors in the U.S. is over 60 million (NRCCSA, 1994)” There are still other causes that are still being investigated or researched. “the theory most widely accepted today is known as the “learning theory” which holds that sexually abusive behavior in children is linked to many factors, including exposure to sexuality and or violence, early childhood experiences, exposure to child pornography and
Crime & Delinquency
Dr. Shirley I. Williams
Term Paper
Juvenile Sexual Offender
As we all know, throughout the years, we’ve heard of many sad stories of juvenile sex offenders ad offenses. So what is a juvenile sex offender? “A juvenile sex offender is defined as a youth, from puberty to the legal age of majority, who commits any sexual act with a person of any age, against the victims will, without consent, or in an aggressive, exploitive or threatening manner.” The sex offenses usually start from about age 14 or 15. Smallenger states that “15% of adult sex offenders started at an adolescent. Also 1/3% of the cases involved the use of boys.” In juvenile sex offenses, they are usually charged for forcible rape. Forcible rape is the carnal knowledge of a person forcibly or against that person’s will, or when a victim is mentally or physically incapable of giving consent. Most juvenile sex offenders go for children younger than they are, in which they can have control over. This will cause the victim to be afraid and they will obey the offender. In some sex offense cases, the cause of the crime is often unknown. Some of the causes are usually in some cases children live in homes that are investigates for abuse and neglect. Research shows that “sexual abuse of children is a widespread phenomenon. It is estimated that there are somewhere between 250,000 and 300,000 cases of child abuse each year in the U.S. The estimated number of sex abuse survivors in the U.S. is over 60 million (NRCCSA, 1994)” There are still other causes that are still being investigated or researched. “the theory most widely accepted today is known as the “learning theory” which holds that sexually abusive behavior in children is linked to many factors, including exposure to sexuality and or violence, early childhood experiences, exposure to child pornography and
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