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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Sex Offenders: Release into Society As sex offenders are being released back into society‚ our sex offender registry laws must be revisited to ensure the safety of our communities. There are more than 650‚000 registered sex offenders living among us in the United States today‚ but some of these are juveniles that are labeled sex offenders and should fall under a different category because their sexual behaviors were consensual (Belkin 2011). Sex offenders should be required to register as a sex
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Sex Offender Registry Laws | In a world of were the children of today are the future of tomorrow‚ it is understandable why we try so hard to protect our children from sex offenders. The problem is when it comes to making these laws‚ not everyone reacts with logic. Instead‚ they react with fear and rage resulting in laws that unjustly punish offenders. Because people don’t understand that all sex offenders are not a threat to society‚ they place all sex offenders in the same type of category
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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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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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juveniles in the same way. Children faced quite serious charges in the criminal courts that were not even imposed in some cases over adults. Treating juveniles as adults were problematic in several ways. The absence of proper distinction between offenders using many relevant parameters saw jails teeming with adult and child criminals. Later‚ progressive reforms changed the idea of treating children like adults‚ and they did this through applying a simple philosophy: if a dearth of moral instruction
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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 in any
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justifications and arguments for doing so. It will also critically discuss the Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) model‚ which at this point in time is the leading model of offender rehabilitation. Exploring its strengths‚ weaknesses‚ theoretical underpinnings and possible alternative approaches for reducing recidivism‚ encouraging positive change in offenders and creating safer communities all over the world.
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because the lack of treatment for the offender. He supports his claim by pointing out that Megan’s killer had been incarcarated twice for the same offense and released due to completion of sentence and not because he received treatment for his actions. Pallone argues that the prosecutor‚ the defense attorney‚ and the presiding judge was only interested in saving the state more expenses of a trial. As a professor of psychology and an editor of the Journal of Offender Rehabilitaion‚ Pallone has served
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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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