Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our criminal justice system at all levels. According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s NCVS, study shows that there is an average of 293,066 victims of the age of twelve and older that are raped or sexual assaulted each year (2009). The violent act of a sexual assault is a disturbance to a victim's life not only the act, but the hurt of the victim having to be victimized again during court proceedings sometimes facing a repeat offender. An article by the name of “sex Offenders and Sex Crime Recidivism: Investigating the Role of Sentence Length and Time Served,” discusses the efficacy on why sex offenders reoffend again. This study covered several states using 8,461 previously incarcerated male sex offenders. Among these sex offenders they were grouped into four categories; rapists, sexual assaulters, child molesters, and all sex offenders combined. In this study, the researchers focused on the sentencing length and the amount of time the offender served
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For instance, offender’s decision making can be determined by the certainty, severity, and swiftness. Based on this judgment, when sex offenders receive long time sentencing and serve more time, offenders tend to drift away from that punishment. Meanwhile on the other hand, shaming theory states that criminal sanction may increase recidivism. Shaming can make a community and other individuals reject the sex offenders, and also make them feel unwelcome. When individuals show rejections to someone this tends to make the person feel isolated, angry, and humiliated about themselves, so therefore this make reoffending more likely because they unwelcome in society. As an American we tend to outcast and do not feel a lot of trust in them, so we tend to limit their employment and
For instance, offender’s decision making can be determined by the certainty, severity, and swiftness. Based on this judgment, when sex offenders receive long time sentencing and serve more time, offenders tend to drift away from that punishment. Meanwhile on the other hand, shaming theory states that criminal sanction may increase recidivism. Shaming can make a community and other individuals reject the sex offenders, and also make them feel unwelcome. When individuals show rejections to someone this tends to make the person feel isolated, angry, and humiliated about themselves, so therefore this make reoffending more likely because they unwelcome in society. As an American we tend to outcast and do not feel a lot of trust in them, so we tend to limit their employment and