Different Types Of Sex Offenders

Sexual assaults cause a great deal of physical and mental health problems. Hence, the road to recovery is an ongoing process for victims. An estimated of 900,000 children are mistreated, with 9% being sexually abused. In additional, 300,000 women are raped and 3.7 million unwanted sexual encounters (Bonnar-Kidd, 2010). Many sex offenses go unreported. The majority of sex offenders are males with heterogeneous characteristics, and similar clinical needs (The Regent, 2016). Sexual crimes are rarely impulsive; the perpetrator has thought about the act ahead of time with a known victim in mind. Sexual offenders often justify their behaviors with denial, rationalizing, and minimizing. Pedophilia is a sexual disorder classified as a paraphilia (abnormal or unnatural attraction) by the American Psychiatric Association. Pedophiles prefer to have sex with children, but they do continue to have sex with adults. The term pedophile and child molester are used interchangeably. The media does not make a …show more content…
This classification is the most serious level of offenders on the registry for life. Tier III offenders usually have spent some time in prison. Which in general takes some time to adjust to society after being released from prison. One would hope a lifetime of being on a sex offender notifications list would reduce recidivism, but it tends to have the opposite effect on the offender. Due to overly strict registrations of the registries most offenders follow the same guidelines, if we focus more of the more serious predators SORN would be more effective. We cannot get rid of the registries, but we can revamp conditions. SORN causes more aggravated effects than it does deterrence. We have to focus more of treating the offenders and risk assessment than primarily relying on strict registrations requirements. Social workers and law enforcement are overwhelmed with the clutter of the