Sex offender registration

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…

program in the United States of America that is aimed at deterring the rate of recidivism for offenders who have been convicted of child-related offences. The essay will argue that the theoretical basis is inadequate to achieve the desired result due to the lack of focus on offenders and the negative consequences that all offenders encounter. In July 1994, Jesse Timmendequas, a twice convicted sex offender was charged for the rape and murder of Megan Kanke, a seven-year-old girl who resided in…

lack of empirical data supporting sex offender registries and the life-altering effects they have on offenders, sex offender registries still persist today and with the public’s support. In 2001, less than ten years after the implementation of the registry, thirty-five Illinois’ policy makers were interviewed to determine their perceptions and evaluations of Illinois’ sex offender registries. Of the thirty-five only four stated they were confident that sex offender registries and notification…

faces. You will also be able to identify the rationale behind the Walsh Act. This topic was of most interest to me, being a victim of a sex crime I wanted to research and form an opinion. I want to know if the Walsh Act was truly seeking justice for the victims, or if this was another loop hole in the already complicated Criminal Justice system. Keywords: sex offenders; Adam…

the ways we as a nation try to decrease the occurrence of sexual assault or crimes involving sex, is have legislators pass laws in efforts of reducing recidivism among convicted sexual offenders and deterring would be offenders. Due to the laws passed by legislators, sex offenders living in the United States are required to participate in multiple policies and programs such as; registering as a sex offender, community notifications that are sent out, constraints on where they can live, being…

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…

Jessica’s Law places a 2000 foot residency restriction on registered sex offenders, barring them from living near areas where children gather, such as schools, daycare, parks, and places of worship (Bonnar-Kidd, 2010). Registered juvenile sex offenders may be subject to placement in foster care if they are not allowed to reside with underage siblings or near other children in their neighborhood. They may also face removal from school to comply with the laws (Lehrer, 2016). Unintended…

personnel are needed to verify all of the sex offender data collected (nylr). Large sex offender monitoring systems are also almost impossible for law enforcement to monitor. A police captain in Georgia clamed it would take four officers working full time to properly monitor the database in one county. As sex offender registries grow it becomes increasingly difficult for law enforcement to distinguish between dangerous offenders and non-violent offenders (elib). This easily could lead to law…

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…

having consensual sex with a 14-year old girl he met online. She led him to believe that she was 17-years old–one year past the age of consent in the state of Michigan. The girl and her family are impartial and take responsibility; they pushed for leniency. Despite this, the judge sentenced the college student to 90 days in jail, 5 years of probation, and required him to register as a sex offender for 25 years. Amanda Y. Agan at the University of Chicago defines a sex offender as an individual…