Sex offender

registered sex offenders should be allowed to use social media sites available to those under the age of 18, or if a ban should be imposed. One of the articles I decided to read is How Vital is Facebook for Free Expression? The article notes that those in favor of the ban argue that sex offenders can gather information on probable victims from sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Furthermore, there are numerous other news outlet and online communication tools available where offenders…

to where you can consent to sex. According to Avert, “In some parts of the United States and Egypt the consenting age is 18. Mexico consenting age is 12, Korea is 13, Canada is 14, Sweden is 15, UK & Namibia (and many other countries) is 16, and Northern Ireland is 17.” (Avert, 1986-2015) But when you are taking someone’s innocence and they did not consent to it then is most definitely called sexual assault. Sex Offenders can be called child molesters, rapists, and sex pedophiles, but when it…

sophisticated crimes such as bank robberies tend to rank up higher, and those with simple theft or lower offenses get the bottom placement (Zoukis, 2013). However, sex offenders are so undesirable many hide their conviction while incarcerated or try and claim another type of crime for the reason they are incarcerated. Sex offenders will typically find themselves in very undesirable positions. Here the ADA will most likely be called names, and the more extreme situations he will be robbed,…

diversity has impacted me was in the infancy stage of my paralegal career when I started working with sex offenders. Sex offenders make up a diverse population that requires patience and understanding. In all honesty, the first couple of offenders that I worked with were extraordinarily challenging. Frequently my thoughts got the best of me. I found myself hypercritical and even bitter towards the sex offenders with whom I worked. However, after I came to know them separately from the crimes…

Introduction To The Colorado Department of Corrections program SOTMP The Colorado Department of Corrections Sex Offender Treatment and Monitoring Program (SOTMP), was developed to reduce recidivism rate of sex offenders, as well as re-enter sex offenders back into the community. The program has been in place for over ten years (D'Orazio, D. M., Thornton, D., & Beech, A. R., 2013). As described by Beech et al. the program is meant to be a “relapse prevention oriented…

Introduction For several years now, sexual offences have often come to the fore in the media due to their heinous nature (ref), particularly child sex offences. As a result of this exposure, there have been several studies done in several contexts- whether it is to establish characteristics of a Child Sex offender (Xavier et al., 2008; Becerra-Garcia et al., 2013; Olivia, 2013). Or to establish what intervention or treatment programs work best to minimise these occurrences (Wilcox et al., 2014;…

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…

society in general faces when dealing with the aftermath of child sexual abuse is: whether the victim is doomed to be maladjusted and grow up to be an adult sexual offender?, it is a fact that at least 30% of adult sex offenders were sexually abused as children and/or teens, (Myths and Facts about Sex Offenders). Most sexual offenders have no history of being sexually victimized as a child, which is good news, which means the prevalence for sexual deviancy does not originate solely from victims…

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…

A sex offender is a person who is convicted of a sexual offense. When people hear the word sex offender they often think of terms like, monster, scumbag, pervert, death penalty and man. However, you will not once hear the word women. Female sex offenders are a taboo topic in American society. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a real and common offense. Female Pedophile and Antwone Fisher bring to light the dark truth hidden behind the red tape and subject avoidance. Sex offending is not just a man’s…