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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I believe that all offenders should have to be chemically castrated. Although chemical castration is presented as a humane alternative to lifelong imprisonment or surgical castration‚ the American Civil Liberties Union opposes the coerced administration of any drug‚ including antiandrogen drugs for sex offenders. They argue that forced chemical castration is a "cruel and unusual punishment"‚ and therefore should be constitutionally prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. They also stated that it interfered
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specific to registration of the sex offender. In the state of Georgia the regulation that covers the registration of sex offenders is O.C.G.A 42-1-12 (. Procedural guidelines related to the implementation of the registration/publication program (how long do they have to register? Who pays for registration/publication? etc.) Sex offenders must typically register prior to or upon release from confinement and/or sentenced to community supervision. The sex offender will have 72 hours to register
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being reported‚ people jumped to the action of creating harsher laws and sentencing. The “tough on crime” political atmosphere surrounding the time and even today helped pushed through an escalation of punishment for sex offenders. By the 1990s‚ people began to term these individuals as “sex offender” and even worse “sexual predator” (Lynch‚
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person that can be place on the National Sex Offender Registry is age 6. Yes‚ a kindergarten and be found to be a sexual predator as society puts it. Individuals on the registry are all treated equal by the public no matter the details of their actual crime. Even though the sex offender registry is a positive tool in the protection of society‚ the registry needs to be evaluated because sexual assault is not the only form of child abuse‚ non-violent offenders are on the registry‚ and children are now
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Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System Morgan Cotter Juvenile Justice CJ 307-A Dr. Monica Robbers Marymount University December 7‚ 2009 Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System The classification and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is a unique issue in the Juvenile Justice System today. This is either because we do not have much research on the recidivism rates of repeat
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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 about where sex offenders
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Psychology of Sex Offenders Following offences warrant inclusion on the register: Rape Intercourse with a girl under age of 16 Incest by a man Buggery Indecency between men Indecent assault on a man‚ women‚ boy‚ girl. Assault with intent to commit buggery Causing or encouraging prostitution of‚ or intercourse with‚ or indecent assault on‚ a girl under 16. Indecent conduct towards a young child Inciting a girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse Production of possession of
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Canada has a instituted a sex offenders registry‚ like in United States of America‚ called Sex Offender Information Registration Act‚ in 2004. An act that requires sex offenders to register information for the reason being‚ that it supports the police in preventing and investigating sexual offences (Antonacci‚ 2013‚ pg. 121). The sex offender registry is a bit different than in United States of America where it is viewable to the public. Here in Canada it is only available to the RCMP. The first
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services to both adult and juvenile offenders on probation. They work to rehabilitate offenders by conducting offender risk assessments‚ enforce the conditions of court orders‚ and help to ensure that the offenders are aware of the impact of their crime on the victims and the public. Probation officers help judges to decide on the sentence‚ interview probationers to determine the effectiveness of probation supervision‚ provide pre-sentence reports on offenders who are charged‚ and recommend the
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