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Policing and Sexual Offences
In my essay “Policing and Crime”, I will more specifically talk about Policing and Sexual Offences, or more precisely how the police does deals with reported sexual offences. In the beginning I will provide a theoretical perspective on what is counted as a sex offence, and how many different sections there are of sexual offences. Then I will move on to what are the existing policies, for sexual abuse, in other words, how sexual offenders are punished, under what act is sexual offence going and the most important sections of this act. Then I will be discussing governance issues like victim support, sexual offender’s registration and others, in order to see what the government does about victims and offenders. Next I will look at different perspectives, or how other countries deal with sex offences, for example the Indian Gang Rape case. I will conclude with a case study of different sex offended victims, as well as offenders and their experiences, this will include Musa’s case, 1994 Belgravia case and many more.
Theoretical Perspective:
Sexual assault occurs when a person is forced, or tricked into sexual acts against their will or without their consent, as well as if a child or young person under 18 is exposed to sexual activities. Sexual assault is a serious crime. When sexual offence is committed it is not the victim 's fault. Sexual assault can happen to anyone in our community. This includes people who are young or old, male or female, from any cultural background, wealthy or not so wealthy, married or not. Anyone can be a victim of sexual assault. Statistic show that, most victims of sexual assault know the person who assaulted them, such as a family member or friend or someone from work, school, church or another social group. A person you don 't know or have just met can, also commit a sexual assault, but that doesn’t occur very often. Women and men as victims of sexual assault are treated equally under the law, dependently
In my essay “Policing and Crime”, I will more specifically talk about Policing and Sexual Offences, or more precisely how the police does deals with reported sexual offences. In the beginning I will provide a theoretical perspective on what is counted as a sex offence, and how many different sections there are of sexual offences. Then I will move on to what are the existing policies, for sexual abuse, in other words, how sexual offenders are punished, under what act is sexual offence going and the most important sections of this act. Then I will be discussing governance issues like victim support, sexual offender’s registration and others, in order to see what the government does about victims and offenders. Next I will look at different perspectives, or how other countries deal with sex offences, for example the Indian Gang Rape case. I will conclude with a case study of different sex offended victims, as well as offenders and their experiences, this will include Musa’s case, 1994 Belgravia case and many more.
Theoretical Perspective:
Sexual assault occurs when a person is forced, or tricked into sexual acts against their will or without their consent, as well as if a child or young person under 18 is exposed to sexual activities. Sexual assault is a serious crime. When sexual offence is committed it is not the victim 's fault. Sexual assault can happen to anyone in our community. This includes people who are young or old, male or female, from any cultural background, wealthy or not so wealthy, married or not. Anyone can be a victim of sexual assault. Statistic show that, most victims of sexual assault know the person who assaulted them, such as a family member or friend or someone from work, school, church or another social group. A person you don 't know or have just met can, also commit a sexual assault, but that doesn’t occur very often. Women and men as victims of sexual assault are treated equally under the law, dependently
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