Society ’s Reaction To Sex Offenders Author’s Name University Society ’s Reaction To Sex Offenders The society ’s reaction to sex offenders is best described as a shock state. This shock is caused by both violations of their ideals of children being innocent‚ and a strong discrepancy between a stereotypical image of a violent sex predator‚ and the usual way sex offense happens. The shock reaction of society is best described in the trial of James Parker (Theunissen‚ 2013) and
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According to “The Accidental Sex Offender” by Abigail Pesta‚ a Texas teenager Frank Rodriguez was put on the sex offender registry because he has consensual sex with his underage girlfriend Nikki Prescott he had been with for over a year not knowing about the consequences of his actions‚ or even thinking he was committing a crime. He was just expressing his love for his future wife. It is said that the mother of the Nikka reported her daughter’s boyfriend to the local authorities because she wanted
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The Punishment of Offenders When it comes to imposing legal sanctions‚ there are many rationales‚ goals and principles of sentencing. The four traditional goals are: retribution (deserved punishment)‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ and rehabilitation. According Clear‚ Cole‚ and Reisig (2013)‚ “Sentencing and correctional policies may be carried out in such a way that no one goal dominates or‚ in some cases‚ that justice itself is not demonstrably served” (p. 66). Retribution Retribution is punishment
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Critically evaluate the current methods employed in the Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTP). Include in your answer an overview of their theoretical foundations Sexual offenders are complex individuals for the Criminal Justice System (CJS) to effectively deal with. The offences committed by these individuals are recognized as serious and harmful to both their victims and the general public. Crown Prosecution Service (2010) stated the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (the Act) came into force on the
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Argumentation Essay: Sex Education Should Be Offered in Public Schools With the new outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases and the fact that sexually active persons are becoming younger‚ sex has now become a daily topic. Sex scandals in the media and talk such as ’who slept with who at last night’s party’ are making these daily conversations apparent in high schools‚ middle schools‚ and in a lot of cases grade schools. As the saying goes ’monkey see monkey do’ one can only assume that this concept
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Argumentation Essay: Facebook When a possible employee is in the process of being hired‚ his or her employment should be based on a social media network such as‚ Facebook. The main points for this position consists of professional versus social‚ freedom of speech versus censorship‚ and a person’s true identity behind closed doors. Facebook is one of various other social networks that are not confidential. Anyone can view a user’s profile and see all of their updates. People use Facebook from sending
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3.4.2 Connection: Victims and sex offenders One emergent sub-theme to arise for all participants was the importance and significance of the connection between working with both victims and sex offenders‚ as they believed it provided a true representation and an overall interconnecting picture‚ “you get the balance‚ you get the full sort of picture or you get the full experience or impact from both parties so you don’t become too skewed in a way”. The work with victims enabled the participants to
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Genesis 1:1‚ “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth” (NIV). This is a statement from the Bible claiming that there is a god who created everyone and everything on this Earth. This has been an unsolved argument since the beginning of time. Whether or not God exists this argument isn’t based on Him. It’s based whether knowledge or belief is the best way to view things. Saying something like‚ God created the world‚ you would have to rely on how strong your faith is. Belief isn’t
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been paroled twice after his conviction. Sometimes he feels free but not completely free because his name is still on the sex offender registry. On the other hand‚ there is Ali Nemec’s fiance‚ who was arrested at the age of 17 for having child pornography on his computer. Now he is 24 and remains on the list. He finds it very difficult to find employment. Even after sex offenders serve their time in prison‚ they cannot fully integrate back into the community because their name is on the registry. In
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The sex offender registry has been a topic of debates and formal studies since the Minnesota Sex Offender Registration Act was first passed in 1991 (Stevens‚ n.d.). The use of the sex offender registry has been saving lives of potential victims. Before the registry was enacted‚ sex offenders who lived in their neighborhood victimized adults and children and no one knew about their prior criminal history. In very public cases‚ it was brought to light that children were being abducted‚ sexually assaulted
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