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
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written by Beccaria. Deterrence theory assumes that offenders are rational and choose to commit crimes when the perceived benefits of criminal behavior outweigh the potential costs (Budd et al.‚ 2014). Deterrence theory quickly goes to the idea that every criminal thinks in logical steps. If there is too high of risk for severe punishment‚ the criminal will not offend. A few propositions made based on the deterrence theory is to give sex offenders longer prison sentences and serve more time (Budd
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restrictive levels of care or for those who may be transitioning from a more secure residential program. Treatment services‚ the competency-based curriculum and behavioural interventions are designed and implemented around the six domains of adolescent female development. II. Challenge‚ Achieve and Success (C.A.S.) A. This program is designed for young men ages 12-18 in need of structure and support in an open setting. The C.A.S program utilizes a highly structured‚ strength-based philosophy that
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Compare and Contrast TWO models of sexual assault and their respective utility for (i) the treatment and management of sex offenders and (ii) assisting the police in criminal investigations. When anyone wants to investigate criminal sexuality from different perspectives such as legal‚ academic‚ or simply curiosity-motivated‚ the multiplicity and variety of the internal part of phenomenon becomes quite clear. Few dimensions of the behaviour inlying the sexual crimes have to be considered to perceive
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Social Work with Groups (HSOW 3631) Proposal Ex Youth Offenders Group Sylvia Tjizake Student Number: 201003490 ‚ I. Abstract Youth offenders are a problem in every town of Namibia‚ and Otjiwarongo is no exception. More youth are committing crimes and are kept in prisons all the country to serve their sentence‚ but little are done about the successful reintegration of these ex-offenders in the community. Ex- offenders need programmes and services that will assist them in dealing
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Marshall et al. seemed to only be treating those that are convicted sexual offenders there was never any mention of non-offending paraphilias that go through treatment. They decided to focus their study on sexual offenders because they found in their research that that since other paraphilics and sexual offenders were thought to be so similar‚ they would also go through the treatment process the same way. By focusing on sexual offenders‚ the DSM IV’s reliability for diagnosing paraphilias is questioned
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have serious consequences such as incarceration due to crimes‚ but the ones that do tend to never help reduce the amount of offenders in the U.S. The juvenile justice system’s main goal is rehabilitation for all youth‚ but research and many studies have been carried out in order to describe what the system is doing wrong and what problems need to be resolved. Juvenile offenders should be placed in rehabilitative programs because punitive programs are counterproductive and therefore juvenile procedures
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Physical Castration on the Recidivism Rates of Sex Offenders Introduction This paper examines the effects of chemical castration and physical castration on the recidivism rates of sex offenders. Using theory integration or the multifactor approach‚ the findings reveal there are several factors influencing sex offender recidivism. Both chemical castration and physical castration have the potential to reduce the recidivism rates of sex offenders by lowering testosterone levels‚ diminishing
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and psychological fields. The aspect of sexual victimization can have a negative impact on its victims and families; there is also fear that is inflicted by these crimes to the members of the public‚ and risks special needs and risks posed by sex offenders. These are the reasons why the authorities are putting in more concerted efforts to discover different special ways to manage this group of people that is ballooning at an alarming rate. Authorities are doing this as means to prevent future sexual
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Offender profiling also known as criminal profiling is based on the principle that the characteristics of an offender can be worked out by examining the characteristics of their offences. As Ainsworth (2001) puts it‚ “profiling generally refers to the process of using all the available information about a crime‚ a crime scene‚ and a victim in order to compose a profile of the (as yet) unknown perpetrator.” Eye witness testimony refers to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed
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