Sex offender

their chance of re-offending. However, current models of sex offender treatment are not particularly effective, reducing recidivism by only 10% (Shingler, 2004). Lowering the recidivism rate for sex offenders is a matter of public safety, and therefore it is of vital importance that mental health practitioners and researchers continue to search for more effective treatment modalities.…

assumptions when it comes to sex offender’s supervision. The first is that the vast majority of sex offenders will return to the community. Approximately, 60 percent of the 234,000 will be released back into the community, stressing that community supervision of these offenders is of the utmost importance. The second assumption is, while working with these offenders one must be objective. Rather than looking down upon the offender, the officer must develop a plan to have the offender be…

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…

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…

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,…

Registered Sex Offenders” in the American Journal of Criminal Justice, by Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine and Richard Tewksbury (2011) volume 36, shows registered sex offenders are more likely to live in undesirable and socially disorganized communities (p.44) In today’s society sex offenders are publicly criticized, receive longer prison sentences, constantly monitor by police officers, subject to public notification and must complete lengthy public registration procedures. Sex offenders are…

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…

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…

Life or Death- Sex Offenders More and more accusations are being brought to trial. Many men and some woman are being put behind bars, they had urges to attack or sexually assault someone that could not fight back. It 's been happening all over the country, usually someone close to the victim. Sex offenders are showing their real colors, acting out on crimes that could potentially harm someone. Thesis; The history how it came to be such a controversial topic. What types treatments are…

Issues regarding sex offenders can be found at all levels of the correctional system. During entry and housing in jails while waiting sentencing, to housing in prisons, and then again when a sex offender enters probation or parole. Leaders in the corrections field have closely worked with psychology experts to find a viable solution on a multitude of problems these specific offenders pose. One of the problem area’s solutions is the concept of behavior modification. Behavior modification is…