Offender profiling

Discuss how registration and community notification impact sex offenders and the community. Lasher and McGrath (2012) define registration as “the process of filing sex offenders’ identifying information with local law enforcement” whereas notification is defined as “how this information is released to the public” (p. 7). Identifying information includes such things as address, a current picture, and sexual offending history, whereas notification includes such things as having community meetings…

Moreover, when it comes to crimes in today's society, there is an increasing number of repeat offenders so in 1994 the state of California passed the “Three-Strikes and Your Out” law. This law proposes that felons who are found guilty of committing a third offense that is serious is to be locked up for 25 years to life in prison. Overall “the Three Strikes Law, or what is also known as the habitual offender law, are statues mandating state courts to impose “harsher” penalties…

Sex offenders of all kinds are predators to their prey. Sexual assault is not a crime of sex but a crime of violence and control. The offender is looking to control their victims either by force and intimidation. It is unknown exactly what causes these offenders to commit these heinous acts against women, men and children of all ages, but whatever reasons or fantasies they have, it is evident they cannot be controlled. The controversial argument is whether or not the states have a legal right to…

Introduction Ian is an eighteen year old male, referred by the Juvenile Justice system for therapeutic counseling due to his conviction as a sexual offender. As a social worker reading Ian case file, Ian’s case history starts after his mother’s death when he was five-years old. Ian’s sister and her husband moved into the family home to assist Ian’s father with his care. While in the home, Ian’s brother-n-law murdered his 18-month old daughter, Ian’s niece. Ian mistakenly confessed to the…

clients besides my mentally ill ones. I can say that for sex offenders, I would know to be very strict with them and the same as the DV offenders (domestic violence). If I had my own caseload, and I was the officer for sex offenders or DV clients, I definitely know that my mind would differ and maybe, I would at different. I say act different because with some of my clients, I sometimes feel sorry for them, but I know if I had DV or sex offenders, I wouldn 't. I wouldn’t because it was very…

The reality of being a registered sex offender comes with unfair and harsh consequences when having to live in a community with other residences. Sexual offenders come in various offenses and can commit a low level or high level sexually related crime. Based on the level of the offense most sexual crimes result in some length of incarceration or form of punishment. When sex offenders are released back into the community, it is the furthest thing from being free. A crime such as child pornography…

is treatment of sex offenders. Sex offenders are defined as individuals who have committed a crime involving a sexual act. Within this heterogeneous population, there are adults and juvenile rapists, pedophiles, incest offenders, child sexual abusers, and non-contact offenders. Sexual offenders come across every line ranging from age, gender, race, socio-economic status, intelligence level, and mental health status (CSG.gov, n.d.). Even though there are no typical sex offenders or profile,…

group of individuals unlike the rest. Sex offenders are people who are hard to understand. The reasoning behind their crimes can be for numerous different reasons and often many feel it is impossible to change their behavior and way of thinking. According to Scientific American (2008), Approximately 36 percent of sex…

Should Sex Offenders be allowed to Adopt Children The law to keep our children safe from any harm that may come their way includes sex offenders. While most people might argue that sex offenders have human rights just like the rest of us, the fact remains is that they gave up that right hurting a child. Before anyone can care for a child in any way they must be checked out with background checks, personal interviews, as well as reports. However, in 2001 a sex offender served as a foster…

a positive one. It was very interesting to talk to the members and hear their sides of the story. They truly are just human beings and I believe that meeting with them and having an opportunity to talk to them has somewhat changed my view of sex offenders overall. Though I am still confused by their behaviors, which is somewhat difficult to overcome, but I am more understanding of who they are because they are only human and they know they have made a mistake. The men we interviewed were very…