“She is so cute! You will love playing with her. My house is just over there, come on,” the man said. Seven year old little Megan Kanka eagerly followed the stranger across the street to his home. She was so excited to play with the adorable puppy. But when she arrived there wasn’t one. Her joy and excitement turned into terror, violence and pain. In 1994 this innocent girl from New Jersey was lured across the street into a sex offender’s home where she was brutally raped and murdered by her own neighbor.
The incidence of sexual assault in the United States is disturbing. Each year, “an estimated 300,000 women are raped and 3.7 million are confronted with unwanted sexual activity” (Bonnar-Kidd). In addition, 900,000 children are neglected …show more content…
We have been told that sex-offenders will offend again. Does science support this theory? Most criminal justice and community-based studies have shown that sex offenders actually usually never return back to prison for a crime. In New York between 1985 and 2001 of 11,898 offenders only 251 (2.1%) returned to prison for another sex crime. Between 1984 and 1998 the Arizona Department of Corrections the recidivism rate was 5.5%, in Ohio 8%. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that sex offenders are less likely than all other classes of criminals to reoffend. And finally, “Harris and Hanson found that the risk for recidivism decreased significantly over time” (Bonnar-Kidd). This data, however, can be …show more content…
These offenders “include 40 rapists and 25 child sex attackers” (Harley) For example in 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that human rights were being violated after “convicted sex offender, Angus Aubrey Thompson, 61, campaigned for his right to be removed from the register” (Harley). Thompson was jailed in 1996 for 5 years for assaulting a child. In 1993, George St. Angel was jailed for 5 years for the assault of 2 children when he won his case to remove his name from the registry. It is estimated that 1,200 sex-offenders will be eligible to apply to have their names removed from the registry each
The incidence of sexual assault in the United States is disturbing. Each year, “an estimated 300,000 women are raped and 3.7 million are confronted with unwanted sexual activity” (Bonnar-Kidd). In addition, 900,000 children are neglected …show more content…
We have been told that sex-offenders will offend again. Does science support this theory? Most criminal justice and community-based studies have shown that sex offenders actually usually never return back to prison for a crime. In New York between 1985 and 2001 of 11,898 offenders only 251 (2.1%) returned to prison for another sex crime. Between 1984 and 1998 the Arizona Department of Corrections the recidivism rate was 5.5%, in Ohio 8%. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that sex offenders are less likely than all other classes of criminals to reoffend. And finally, “Harris and Hanson found that the risk for recidivism decreased significantly over time” (Bonnar-Kidd). This data, however, can be …show more content…
These offenders “include 40 rapists and 25 child sex attackers” (Harley) For example in 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that human rights were being violated after “convicted sex offender, Angus Aubrey Thompson, 61, campaigned for his right to be removed from the register” (Harley). Thompson was jailed in 1996 for 5 years for assaulting a child. In 1993, George St. Angel was jailed for 5 years for the assault of 2 children when he won his case to remove his name from the registry. It is estimated that 1,200 sex-offenders will be eligible to apply to have their names removed from the registry each