Offender profiling

DNA testing which can also be label as DNA fingerprinting, DNA profiling and even DNA typing is considered a forensic technique that can be used to identify a person by their characteristics of their DNA. (What is DNA Testing?, 2016). DNA testing was developed in 1985, to identify a suspect and placed that initial suspect at the incident location during the time of the crime. DNA testing have evolve in the past decade that is can be used to study the animal populations. DNA testing can collected…

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently declared that “all biological evidence (any physical evidence that can connect an offender to a crime) found at crime scenes can be subjected to DNA testing” (NIJ, 2012). Forensically speaking, biological evidence represents the collection and preservation of materials that contain DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), a cellular fingerprint that is unique to everyone (University of Leicester, 2016). Within the past 30 years, DNA testing gained notoriety…

computer database funded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It stores information such as DNA profiles which are inserted into the database by the local, state, and federal crime laboratories in the United States (Gershaw et al., 2010). DNA profiling is a technique which analyzes the genetic…

Demographics in Prison Minorities in Prison According to the National Conference of State Legislators, in 2018, only thirty states in the U.S. had any sort of legislation passed to address racial profiling by the police. Minority rights groups, including the NAACP, have continued their fight to try and push states to pass laws that protect minorities when dealing with police. Many group leaders are looking to separate the duties of an immigration officer and a police officer. In many states, the…

When it comes to genetic privacy national DNA databases like CODIS arouse controversy. Not all national data bases have the same laws and regulations as us but in the United States, STR profiles were originally collected only from convicted sex offenders, but the data base has been expanding significantly. Now some states collect profiles of every arrested…

individuals that have been labeled sex offenders in their area, there is not much remorse or empathy felt toward them. All sex offenders are characterized as child molesting sex enthusiasts when in reality, that’s not always factual. When a person commits a crime qualifying them as a federal sex offender, their life has changed forever in the worst way. The magnitude of the crime is almost always irrelevant and treatment is level in the eyes of the law. Every sex offender is required by law to…

7 million people are victims of sexual assault, along with that about 300,000 women get raped per year. A sexual offender list was created for just officials to be able to know who has committed a sexual crime. However, because of certain cases the sexual offender list was made public in 1995. Megan’s Law states that the authorities must inform all communities about where a sex offender lives. This law also allowed the public to view the offender’s picture, name, address, and the description of…

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…

two young girls previously. (History Channel, 2016) This horrific crime and devastating circumstances is what drove Megan’s parents to demand a change within our judicial system. The Kanka family pushed legislatures to change the laws for sexual offenders, requiring all sex…

109-248 “Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006” The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), also known as Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 2006, was signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006 in recognition of the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, a six-year-old boy, exactly twenty-five years prior. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the policy’s intent is to “protect the public from sex offenders and…