Chapter Nine: Sex Offender Registration‚ Notification‚ and Civil Commitment Statutes: Due Process vs. Community Safety will be used in conjunction with my personal experiences to demonstrate the importance of sex offender registration in order to maintain the community safe. Having prior military and current law enforcement experience‚ I have seen and dealt with numerous situations that most people in the community may never encounter. Unfortunately‚ some heinous crimes often go unreported‚ further
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Sage Klutts Ainsworth Comp II July 13‚ 2011 Should Sex Offenders Be Castrated? Each year in the United States‚ the crime rate for sex offending rises. There have been several discussions about the way the law should punish the offender‚ such as jail time‚ having to register themselves as sex offenders to even have castration. Jail time might temporarily work‚ but its not completely effective. Registering themselves is still harmful to society. It’s not taking them out of their own game
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The severe impact on a sex offender family According to Levenson & Tewksbury (2009)‚ states that “Collected 584 family members of registered sex offenders in the United States employment problems‚ subsequent financial hardships emerged as the most pressing issue identified by the family members” (p. 1). The housing restrictions and living with the sex offender brought about threats and harassment from their neighbors and friends. Many family members experienced fear‚ anger‚ depression‚ anxiety
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Naming and Shaming Sex Offenders Define: The social issue naming and shaming sex offenders is the worst sex offenders being named and shamed on a website with their picture‚ name‚ address and date of birth on their profile. People can type in the suburb they live in and see what sex offenders live in their area. Argument #1 For: Sex offenders‚ even more so than other forms of crime‚ are prone to re-offending upon release from prison. Therefore‚ to protect society‚ they should be required to
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What is a pedophile? A pedophile is a person who has a sustained sexual orientation toward children‚ generally aged 13 or younger‚ Blanchard says. Not all pedophiles are child molesters (or vice versa). "Child molesters are defined by their acts; pedophiles are defined by their desires‚" Blanchard says. "Some pedophiles refrain from sexually approaching any child for their entire lives." But it’s not clear how common that is. Does the medical community consider pedophilia to be a mental
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As I have motivated above I believe that the offender is a power-assertive rapist. And this kind of person is a person who is looking for domination and control. This offender will most likely be self conscious and attack victim who is in the same race and age group as himself. I think the offender will probably be in the same age group as Susan but the offender might be black or hispanic. I do not know Susan´s skin color but she is living in a neighborhood where only 10% are white‚ and therefore
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victim-offender mediation‚ community panels‚ restorative group conferencing‚ and peacemaking circles is provided in order to gain further understanding of the most restorative justice practices‚ and their reputation throughout prisons. Victim-Offender Mediation/Dialogue Although still a rather foreign concept to the criminal justice system‚ victim-offender mediation (VOM) emerged throughout Canada during the late 1980’s in order to provide a face-to-face discussion between victims and offenders (Van
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Exploratory Paper The topic of young offenders caught my eye as I was scanning for an idea to write my paper. Criminals of any fashion are of interest to me‚ and youth in the justice system is a subject that I have dealt with throughout my high school career. A friend of mine has been in and out of correctional facilities‚ and it was not till later that they discovered he had a mental disorder that he was not being treated for. This is upsetting because if he had been scanned for an issue such as
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Sex offender registration is a vital part of the corrections system as it keeps track of those who have committed crimes of a sexual nature against innocent victims. However‚ the sex offender registration system that is in place now has had its own beginning and changed over time to become the system it is today. J. Edgar Hoover‚ who was the director of the FBI in 1937‚ “declared a war on the ‘sexual criminal’ and implored the American people to consider the fact that the ‘sex fiend‚ most loathsome
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Juvenile Offenders Should Be Rehabilitated Out of the 100‚000 juvenile offenders released every year in the United States‚ a large percentage of them have drug and/or mental health problems according to the Department of Justice. Another study done by the Department of Justice also showed that about 82% of these juvenile offenders were arrested again within 3 years. The criminal justice system should rehabilitate juvenile offenders instead of treating them like the adult offenders and locking
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