...RUNNING HEAD: Sexual Predators Sexual Predators Wm. Michael Barber Criminal Law & Procedure CRJ 306 Martin McAuliffe February 18, 2013 Sexual Predators The State of Pennsylvania like so many other states has passed laws the focus on the civil commitment of predators after their criminal commitment is finished. Our statute, like several other states, now calls for the involuntary civil commitment of sexual predators that have been determined to have a psychological or behavioral abnormality that makes these individuals engage or be predisposed to engage in some type of sexually deviant or predatory acts. This paper will focus on implementation and development of the Pennsylvania laws dealing with sexual predators and how the state is moving forward to cope with this issue. Civil confinement of violent sexual predators is very controversial in forensic psychology and psychiatry. Even with the controversy, lawmakers in many states have passed laws requiring the civil commitment of inmates that suffer from psychological and behavior abnormalities and a past of committing sexual offenses. Most states call for inpatient confinement in facilities that are secure. Pennsylvania would rather focus on a model that is designed for outpatients. Pennsylvania has a very tough approach on crimes that are determined to be sexual in nature. The state legislature went as far as to pass a law that called for the death penalty for those that are determined to be repeat offenders...
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...called attention to cyberbullying, which means using social media sites and email to harass and ridicule others. The report says that this type of harassment has been responsible for teen suicides. Time and Risks When teens spend many hours per day using the Internet, they reduce the time they have to spend with family and on school work and physical activities. In addition, according to an article written by Kate Fogarty, assistant professor with the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences at the University of Florida, a teen who goes online for two or more hours, three or more times a week, faces a higher risk of falling prey to online sexual exploitation. Online Predators Teens are often exposed to pornography and may find themselves prey for sexual predators after uploading sexy photos of themselves or discussing sex online with someone that they do not know. Professor Fogarty from the University of Florida reported that adult predators often use Internet chat rooms to initiate improper relationships...
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...hope to combine my sources to paint a picture of the epidemic of child abuse today and throughout history in America. I hope to examine the risks factors for child abuse and identify ways to educate parents, child care providers, educators and any other persons who may come into contact with our most vulnerable citizens, our children, on how we can prevent child abuse from occurring in the future. The federal government defines child abuse and neglect, at a minimum, any recent act or failure to act of the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm (42 U.S.C. SS5106g[2][1999]. In terms of the maltreatment of children, approximately 56 percent of reported cases involve neglect, 25 percent involve physical abuse, 13 percent involve sexual abuse, 6 percent emotional maltreatment and 13 percent involve other types of maltreatment. Throughout history, children have been the victims of...
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...thousand teeth in its lifetime. Young American alligators can be identified by their tail and the yellow stripes that run along it. The adults have multiple dark stripes on their tail instead. Alligators are cold-blooded, and cannot regulate their own body temperature. They assume the temperatures of their environment that surrounds them. They sun bathe to warm their bodies, usually bask on the banks of water bodies. Males can grow anywhere from ten to fifteen feet in length and can weigh one thousand pounds. Females grow to ten feet while hatchlings are six to eight inches. Geographic Range: American alligators reside nearly exclusively in the freshwater rivers, lakes, swamps, and marshes of the southeastern United States, primarily Florida and Louisiana (animals.mom.me/). American alligators prefer clam waters as opposed to rough because they tend to swim and breathe at the same time. Out of water, alligators are heavy and sluggish moving. In water however, they are extremely well adapted swimmers. They can tolerate salt water for only brief periods because they do not have salt glands. Alligators are restricted to the Coastal Plain. Females and juveniles live in seasonal wetlands. Ecological Role: They are carnivores as well as tertiary consumers. One interesting aspect of alligator biology is that they undergo periods of dormancy when the weather is cold. They excavate a depression called a “gator hole” along a waterway and use it during dormancy (nationalzoo.si.edu/)...
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...Introduction There are certain crimes today, which invoke a strong personal reaction. What is your first mental image and what emotion do you first notice when you hear the term, “sex offender?” Do you picture a scary looking male stranger? Is your first emotion, anger or maybe fear? Now, what is your initial reaction when someone says that the post-sentencing laws for these offenders may be doing more harm then good in regard to current legislation passed after high profile cases. Are sexual crimes all equally heinous, justifying opinions that the offender did the crime so they should accept the consequences? I believe that these laws were created with the best of intentions. Yet, these laws are now creating alternate paths to dangerous alternatives and roadblocks to the goals they seek to achieve. Legistation On October 22, 1989, an 11-year-old boy named Jacob Wetterling was abducted from a small town in Minnesota (Hawkins, 2009). Jacob and his two friends rode their bikes into town to a convenience store to rent movies (Hawkins, 2009). On the way back home, a gunman stepped out of the woods, and told Jacob’s two friends to run into the woods and not look back (Yoder, 2011). Jacob, who stayed behind, has never been seen since (Yoder, 2011). A massive manhunt ensued with law enforcement from all over, however their exhausting efforts never led them to finding Jacob or his abductor. This case captured headlines all over the United States and in 1994 it prompted legislation...
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...dad standing in the doorway with a strange look in his eye. In the moments to come, the innocence of a precious child will be destroyed forever. Studies show that two out of ten girls and one out of ten boys will be sexually abused before their fourteenth birthday, and children that are abused are much more likely to be abused by a family member or close friend not a stranger off the street. While child molestation is a common phrase used by the media and public when discussing sexual abuse of children, the actual crime is called child sexual assault. The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect defines child sexual assault as “contacts or interactions between a child and an adult when the child is being used for sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or another person when the perpetrator or another person is in a position of power or control over the victim.” These “contacts or interactions” include inappropriate physical contact, forcing a child to view pornography or people performing sexual acts, using a child in making pornography, and exposing an adult’s genitals to a child. When referring to a child, it is generally considered anyone under the age of 14. Children in their teens are less likely to be sexually abused, and the age of consent starts to come in to play in some situations. The crime rates for child molestation are hard to determine. The definition used to...
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...Excessive or disproportionate to the offense committed. A male who has been charged with and convicted of multiple sexual crimes, is going to do his time, get out of prison and offend again. To impose upon him to be chemically or surgically castrated would this procedure stop or prevent the sexual crimes from occurring. In China and the ancient world the rulers kept many wives and concubines so they would have an heir. To protect them from being impregnated by another male they used eunuchs to guard the wives and concubines. They were appointed to guard the royal household and through daily contact with the family they gained immense power (Chinese Eunuchs). According to legend castration has been used to improve the effectiveness of soldiers. The rulers would castrate the men by removing the penis and leaving the testicles. This would cause them enormous sexual frustration and they would become violent and aggressive, which was perfect for the battlefield. Chemical castration is done by injection of the FDA approved birth control drug Depo Provera to lower the testosterone levels in men, thereby reducing the biological urges. This drug does not make any permanent changes to the body, yet if taken off the drug the men revert back to the uncontrolled urges. There are several states that have permitted sex offenders to be injected with the drug. California and Florida statutes provide for mandatory injections for repeat offenders and discretionary injections of first time offenders...
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...I. Description of the Research Topic Sexual assault and rape culture have become a predominant issue around the world. Ranging from college campuses to small villages in Rwanda, women are being taken advantage of for the benefit of men. Sexual assault detrimentally affects women and their way of life. In the following paper, I will discuss political violence through sexual assault in two countries, The Democratic of Congo, and Darfur the region in Sudan; the statistics of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States; laws, policies, procedures, and human rights developed to address sexual assault and how they affect women; sexual violence in the workplace; and current events about sexual assault and the effect on women today. II....
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...and negative activity. Cyber stalking, Cyber bullying, exploitation, sex crimes, financial fraud and the use of viruses and malicious code are just a few things that have become prevalent on the information super highway. One of today’s largest concerns among parents is protecting their children from becoming victims of bullying. There was a time when you had to worry about the school bully running into while in the hallways of your school or out and about around your neighbor, but the situation surrounding bullying been given a technological advantage. Social media sites such, as Facebook.com, Twitter and Instagram have become the avenues for bullies to invade their victim’s homes and lives. In a recent cyber bullying case in Lakeland Florida, a 12-year-old Rebecca Sedgwick jumped to her death at a local cement plant. She had been the victim of at least 15 cyber bullies through many avenues. The torment for her started at her school and bled over to the Facebook.com. After she was taken out of school by her mother and closed her Facebook account she continued to receive harsh messages and...
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...Office, a statutory government agency, is responsible for providing services to three mandated programs in Palm Beach County, Florida (PBSO.org, 2013). Those programs are Law Enforcement, Corrections Services throughout Palm Beach County’s jails, and finally Bailiff and Court staff. Palm Beach Sheriff’s office is required to respond to law enforcement calls throughout the county and all unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County. Palm Beach Sheriff’s office is also responsible for providing services to certain municipalities throughout Palm Beach County, if a contract exists between the municipality and the Sheriff’s office. The municipality must come to a fee agreement with the Palm Beach Sheriff’s office before a contract is established. The following will elaborate on the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office revenue and expenditures and the impact of the expenditures on the revenue source. The following will also elaborate on who the key players are in terms of making budget decisions and whether or not there is any influence of political and public policies on the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. Finally, recommended organizational financial analysis alternatives for the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office will be researched. The Impact of the Expenditures on the Revenue Source Palm Beach County is located in South Florida and is the largest county in square mileage in Florida at 2,268 square miles. Palm Beach County is Florida’s third largest populated county with just under 1.4 million residents...
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...There is a controversial story about an island called “Sex Offender Island”. This island basically has the most dangerous sexual predators confined on this island and cannot leave. This island is based on a treatment center where sex offenders who served their prison sentence and brought to this island because of repeating conviction of sexual behaviors. This community of registered offenders are watched and immediately notified if an offender is out of his or her control. Many convicted offenders from different states utilize these facilities to help offenders from committing a crime they cannot control themselves. I believe that recidivist sex offenders should pay the ultimate price to be chemically...
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...A Re-entry Programs is defined as any service or program which provides incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to reinsert themselves back into the community after serving time in jail or prison. Only inmates with a good record may obtain access to this type of service even though it is seen as a form of rehabilitation. These specialized programs provide offenders with employment, education, health and social services, including access to housing, work, health care, counseling and job training. Most successful reentry programs believe that Reentry preparation begins the first day of incarceration. The focus on release preparation intensifies about 12-18 months prior to release. A Release Preparation Program includes classes in areas such as résumé writing, how to look for a job, and job retention. (National Institute of Justice (n.d.) The prospect of having to search for meaningful work upon release from prison can be a daunting task, particularly for inmates who have been out of the labor market for a number of years When it come to the types of reentry programs that exists, there are two types of programs, a pre-release type of reentry program and a residential type of reentry program. A pre-release type of reentry program are basically mentoring programs that begins while the offender is still in prison. These programs mainly focus on skills that will allow an ex-offender to get a job, such as resume writing, coping skills, and budgeting classes. The success rates of...
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...removing barriers to wildlife, and other means. There are hundreds of restoration projects under way in the United States to help restore ecosystems to their natural state. One of the most ambitious endeavors is the Kissimmee River Restoration Project in south-central Florida. Each year the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District releases a comprehensive report evaluating monitoring of data within the ecosystem of the Everglades. This information is available online at http://www.bit.ly/SSR 2014. According to research, “the Everglades contain a vast array of plants and animals that have adapted to the wet subtropical environment.” A few examples include birds such as the whooping crane, great blue, white, and tricolored herons, wood stork, and the cape-sable seaside sparrow. Land mammals such as the raccoon, skunk, opossum, bobcat and the white-tail deer are also a part of this environment; other animals include the American gator, the west-Indian Manatee, and the bottle nose dolphin. There are a number of species on the federal threatened or endangered lists, many more are rare, species of special concern, or included on state lists. The one most endangered species is the Florida panther with only about 100 remaining in the wild....
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...web-based technologies to create highly interactive platforms through which individuals and communities share, co-create , discuss, and modify user-generated content. It introduces substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities and individuals. Social networking rapidly has become a valuable intelligence-gathering tool for law enforcement agencies, as well as a source of evidence for defense and prosecution personnel who search Facebook pages, Twitter feeds or YouTube videos seeking to discredit witnesses, establish law enforcement bias, track down evidence or establish associations between gang members. Often, perpetrators brag about their crimes on social networks, and child pornographers and sexual predators have been located and apprehended as a result of their online activities (Proverbs 17:15 "Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent- the LORD detests them both" ). Mistrials also have occurred because jurors have disregarded instructions and researched cases online, used Twitter to share their opinions from the jury box, or have posted biased comments on...
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...better to be prepared for a possible fictional zombie apocalypse rather than ignore potential danger to ourselves and loved ones. As the Boy Scout motto goes, “Always be prepared.” Considering the fact that there are a number of diseases and man-made substances which closely resembles the results of the zombie pandemic on the human body I would say that it’s quite possible that there is potential for the eventual tragedy. For example there’s the situation that took place recently in Florida involving a man behaving erratically, running around naked under the haze of delusions and anxiety leading him to attack and eat another man’s face. This event was attributed to the use of a synthetic drug one of which is increasingly used around the United States. Other users of this “Bath Salts” drug have been found to steal cars, attack priests, as well as stay conscious through several stun-gun-blasts.(Koebler) These "Bath salts" related incidences are not restrained by the geography of Miami Florida (location of "Miami's zombie" attack) more and more we hear of various of “Bath...
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