a sex offender registry to be implemented here in the Bahamas. Prior to Marco Archer’s cruel killing‚ in 2003 four young boys between the ages of eleven and fourteen were found dead with signs of sexual assault in Freeport‚ Grand Bahama. These two alarming cases sparked a fuse in the House of Assembly and more emphasis was now being placed on the creation of a sex offender registry. While it is true that something needs to be done about the situation‚ is the implementation of a sex offender registry
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Addicted to Incarceration is a research book that was written by Travis C. Pratt‚ a professor at Washington State University. The main purpose of writing this book was to point out that the USA imprisons more of our population than any other nation. Pratt says‚ "On the one hand‚ we have constructed the biggest prison system on the planet… On the other hand‚ the United States has also been‚ and continues to be‚ the most violent industrialized nation in the world…. It is apparent‚ therefore‚ that our
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National Sex Offender Registry “Sex offenders are the scourge of modern America‚ the ‘irredeemable monsters’ who prey on the innocent” (Logan‚ 1999‚ p.1167). The colossal number of sex crimes is rapidly expanding across the United States and with it a wake of innocent victims. This expansion and increased victimization called for reform and demanded protection for the innocent. This protection came in the form of a new criminal justice policy‚ the sex offender registration. “In the United States
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The literal definition of a sex offender is as follows; “a person who is guilty of a crime involving sex” (Webster’s Dictionary) But sex offenders can be much more. Not only can someone be charged as a sex offender for crimes such as rape and molestation‚ but someone could also be charged for getting caught urinating in public. So with that in mind answer this; Once They serve their time in prison‚ are laws about where sex offenders may live and be employed unfair? Well‚ With some exceptions‚ laws
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The prison world is predominately male dominated. As the years go by‚ female incarceration levels have been rapidly increasing. The prisons in early days didn’t have to worry about dealing with two different types of inmates as there were not that many females incarcerated. While male and female inmates do have some similarities‚ they also have some distinct differences. The way they conduct themselves in prison are different; as are they way they interact with other inmates. Males typically are
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Dr. King and Socrates: A Nonviolent Campaign In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation‚ self-purification and direct action. Socrates‚ a man hailed as one of the greatest philosophers of all time‚ and Doctor Martin Luther King‚ known to the world as one of the greatest public speakers and advocate of civil rights‚ both utilized nonviolent campaigns by voicing their opinions in intelligent ways and surrounding
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to the Florida Dept. of Corrections‚ female offenders recidivate at a significally lower rate than males. Within three years‚ a male’s chance at recidivism is around 30% while a female’s chance is 16%. Many factors impact the distinction in these rates. The average time behind bars for a male offender is 38 months. The average time behind bars for females is two years. Which is a year less than what a typical male will spend in jail. Whenever an offender is released from jail they run the risk just
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Female Sex Offenders Years ago sex offenders were majorly male. In fact it was unheard of for a female to even be thought of as a sex offender. Today we hear of more women being arrested for molestation‚ incest‚ and other sex crimes. All too often teachers are being found guilty of having relationships with their underage students. Female sex offenders have not gotten as much attention as male sex offenders. It is because of this that the offenders cannot be studied as thoroughly as males.
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Female Incarceration Is the incarceration rate of females in the United States rising? Drug War Facts: Women; http://www.drugwarfacts.org/women.htm The Drug War Facts website is a great statistical resource. The information presented on the site is complied from several criminal and federal justice statistic websites and organized in a concise format. I felt that the information was accurate and reliable as all statistics were cited from a credible‚ and in most cases‚ government web resource
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It has long been suspected that sex offenders have lower IQs than non-sex offenders. Studies on the topic go as far back as 80 years. A large number of these studies on the topic of sex offender IQ‚ however‚ use no classification scheme to break down the sex offenses by subcategories‚ such as the age group of victim or age group of the offender. In fact‚ all of the previous studies on the topic of sexual offender IQ lump all subjects into a single‚ heterogeneous sample with no distinguishing
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