Offender profiling is used to help identify and capture likely suspects by analyzing patterns of crime and how a crime was committed. It presents both advantages and disadvantages. Research that has been conducted on psychological profiling reveals that profiles rely on stereotypes‚ assumptions‚ and inferences (Schwartz‚ 2016). Since there is a 50-50 chance that accurate profiles may or may not be developed its reliability and validity is inconclusive. Nevertheless‚ it continues to be used in investigations
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Female educators as sex offenders has been slowly coming into research. Female teachers sexually abusing high school students has become a concern over the years. Even though we hear about male teachers as predators and less about female teachers‚ does not mean it does not exist. This belief is due to male students not reporting the problem as much as female students. Female offenders go unnoticed because of the way they interact with their daily routines. Females are considered to be the nurturing
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Young Offenders Act in Canada The subject of young offenders in our troubled society has been one that has generated many hours of thought and meditation for concerned members. It is felt by many that the change needed in the area of delinquency within the First Nations culture is to overcome the effects of colonization and this must begin with the youth. It is with the youth that the future of the culture lies. There has been extensive research done in this area and although much of the material
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The new Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act (2003) In Queensland permits prisoners to be kept in prison beyond their release date where a court finds that there is a high degree of probability’ that they represent a serious danger to the community’. Other jurisdictions have enacted similar legislation to restrict the release of prisoners assessed to be dangerous. Do you think that dangerousness legislation of this sort is justified or unjustified? Several states across the Country have
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“Offenders are Heterogeneous in nature‚ discuss” Offenders are a heterogeneous population of individuals‚ which range from shop lifters to murderers. There are clear intergroup differences based on characteristics of the offender‚ victim and the crime. Therefore it is very difficult to discuss the possible heterogeneity of all offenders as one group‚ thus this paper will focus on one particular type of offender. Sex offenders are frequently viewed as a homogeneous class of individuals‚ the public
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Children From Being Solicited By Convicted Sex Offenders On The Internet: The Need For A Federal Mandate Introduction The Internet has taken a number of society’s problems and vices‚ and exacerbated them. This paper will touch upon one of those vices‚ the sexual solicitation of children. The Internet has provided convicted sex offenders with virtually unfettered access to society’s most vulnerable victims. No longer are convicted sex offenders relegated to stalking their victims at places
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Abbott notes the importance of integrating theory and practice by asserting that professional expert knowledge‚ discretion and judgement rest at the interface between the work or tasks involved and the skill achieved through on-the-job training and practice and the abstract knowledge or theory that underpin this (Abbott 1988). This assignment will focus on a specific case (MS) that I have supervised during my traineeship and I will demonstrate my ability to assess‚ supervise‚ plan‚ intervene‚ review
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deviant behaviour throughout their lives. These patterns are resistant to change and some young offenders seem to be unaware of the seriousness or deviance of their behaviour. Statistics such as those mentioned earlier‚ and the high risk that perpetrators pose to their victims and the community at large‚ supports the need for effective treatment programs that will decrease the likelihood that offenders will continue such destructive patterns of
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In case 10.3 Marie Cipriani illustrates the Activity Theory. Marie at the age of 86 appears to be healthy and active especially for her age. Marie with no other close relatives or social support is coping with losing her life- long partner to stage IV lung cancer. Marie has reached out to a social worker for additional help in caring for her partner‚ and remains actively involved in her partners life. Case 10.2 Pete is afraid that when his sister Lucy dies he will no longer receive the resources
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“Approximately 25% of registered sex offenders are excluded from public disclosure by law” (Megan’s Law). Some registered sex offender’s benefit from Megan’s Law‚ which allows them to apply for and be granted exclusion from public disclosure. Exclusion from disclosure to the public is based upon the type of sex crime committed and the compliance of the sex offender with keeping all required information current to their reporting agency. “In 1996‚ President
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