Sex and the law

is “Hundreds of officers lose licenses over sex misconduct” by Matt Sedensky on November 1, 2015. The second article is “Why victims of rape in college don’t report to the police” by Eliza Gray on June 23, 2014. According to Sedensky (2015), in a yearlong investigation of sexual misconduct by U.S. law enforcement, the Associated Press uncovered about 1,000 officers who lost their badges in a six-year period for rape, sodomy and other sexual assault; sex crimes that included possession of child…

to a marriage” applies to opposite-sex and same-sex couples alike. Not according to the Virginia Court of Appeals in the recent case of Luttrell v. Cucco. Luttrell v. Cucco In 2008, Michael Luttrell (Luttrell) and his wife Samantha Cucco (Cucco) obtained a divorce after being married for sixteen years.…

LGBT rights. Of course the fight does not stop there. The legalization of gay marriage is just one step closer for the LGBT community to get full rights they deserve. Same-sex marriage should be legal everywhere, because it is a basic human right for a person to marry whomever they may love. There are many opponents of same-sex marriage. Most of the time these people base their opposition on their religion, especially Christians. It could be argued that they are following the Scripture as the…

Marriage December 7, 2014 61004 Same-sex marriage legalization has been a topic of discussion in America for years. There are currently 33 states out of 50 that recognize same-sex marriage. Marriage is a union between two people that have chosen to spend the rest of their lives together. Whether the couple is interracial, heterosexual, or same sex everyone should have that same right to marriage. Unfortunately that is not the case, same-sex couples do not share the same legal marriage…

Sociology Sex Offender Journal Sex offenders are described as the lowest of the lows and are looked down upon for their crimes. Questions are proposed, such as if the current registry for sex offenders makes the community safer, or if it gives a false sense of security. Another question that is proposed, is whether or not all sex offenders should be registered. One last critical question that is proposed is whether or not the sex offender registry reduces recidivism. These questions can be…

has had very little change. In old English law it was a strict liability offence, meaning even if someone did not know the age of the teenager, the teenager started, or even gave consent, they were held accountable (Obermen 25). Then more recently it became more of a law to protect morality than to punish offenders. Now the law is so vague, it does not do what it is needed to do, protect the innocent and punish the offenders. Therefore, statutory rape laws need to be more specific because, as…

study done on sex trafficked women in La Merced, Mexico City views the risks. The article discusses about sex trafficking and Mexico red light district being part of a social economic fabricated in the country. The practices, which are prostitution, sex exploitation is inappropriate and intolerable in society. The sex trafficking that is done result in risky physical and mental health their sexual health is affected when participating in this type of practices. The article discuses about sex…

The state I have chosen to talk about is Utah, having lived there for 18 years it seems like a good state to get to know more about with the sex offender registry. Topic 1 In the state of Utah there are many things that can land you onto the state sex offender registry. For example, what can land you on the list for up to 10 years is: kidnapping, lewdness involving a child, voyeurism, unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17 year-old, and aggravated human trafficking. These are just some…

legalization of selling sexual services will lead to an increase in the sex-based human trafficking trade and the spread of STDs. Yet, these two assertions have been proven to be incorrect. Germany is one of the few countries that have already legalized prostitution and from the year 2001 to 2011, “human trafficking shrank by 10 percent” (Reisenwitz 4). Some people claim that the reason for this is that the legalization of the commercial sex industry has lowered the price of sexual services.…

legally grants both heterosexual and same-sex couples rights similar to marriage in the states of Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, and New Jersey where the legislation is lawful and will be recognized. Civil unions were first established in the country of Denmark in 1989 with the legislation of Denmark's National Registered Partnership Law that allowed same-sex couples to have rights that resemble the ones given to married heterosexual couples. This unprecedented law influenced many other nations to…