new phenomenon there has been a dramatic increase in the concern of this problem over the last two decades. As the number of juvenile sex offenders arrested increases, the recognition of it as a serious issue also increases. The anxiety over juvenile sex crimes has led to a wide variety of research being conducted to determine if there are antecedent traits in offenders. The tremendous data collected and analyzed to try to understand the factors leading a juvenile to sexually violate has piloted a wide
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Pornography’s Effect on Sexual Crime Rates Overview: Our Research Topic Be it in film, magazines or even fiction, pornography has always been a controversial topic. It is many things to many people: a guilty pleasure, a shameful addiction, a stress relief, foreplay, an obscene creation or even a vulgar pastime. However, as time passes, pornography is becoming decreasingly taboo, and this could result in a significant impact on societal values and perceptions. Introduction: Questions
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bushes. "Megan had a big heart; she was a great, great little girl," says her mother, Maureen Kanka, her voice rising in anger. "And he discarded her like she was a piece of trash” (Jerome). If only they were aware of his previous record as a sex offender. If only they knew a child sexual predator was living across the street. When we think of these awful things, we always think of what could have been done differently. Being a parent myself, I always hope for the best for my child, but fear
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step sister Becky Watts has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 33 years for murdering the 16 year-old school girl, the evidence also proves that Becky’s kidnap was planned for sexual purpose therefore he’s not only on the sex offenders list but he also has a criminal record certificate due to this act. Care standards act 2000. (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/14/introduction) An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration
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Cloverdale, Indiana. He was molested and then murdered by a next door neighbor who was previously convicted of child molesting. Sexually oriented offenses are for many the worst in our society, and they need to carry with them heavy punishments A sexual offender is a person who has been found guilty on a charge relating to a sexual offence. A sexual predator is a person who engages in sexually exploitative behavior, including such actions as stalking, grooming, voyeurism, or sexual harassment. Many of them
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2002). Controversies regarding if the courts should try a juvenile as an adult have become a widely held topic. Many people believe that age should not be a factor as long as the crime is heinous enough. On the other hand, others think that young offenders are not psychosomatically responsible enough to understand their actions Baca (2006) reports Dr.
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be necessary to identify and evaluate this evidence, as well as identifying the issues that having a low MACR brings. This essay will first review the history of the MACR and discuss the effect of abolishing the doctrine of Doli Incapax on youth offenders, before presenting the neurological evidence regarding the lack of development that has taken place in a child’s brain by the age of ten. The severely detrimental social, psychological and physiological effects of
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juvenile justice the authors talk about discrimination against females in the justice system. It also talks about female status offenders and how they are treated worse than their male counterparts. This article uses data from six sites in the United States to determine if females are really treated worse than males. The results from this study shows bias against female offenders for some offenses and against boys for others. There is no consistency across the country that shows that these patterns hold
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him. I believe that castration should not be ruled as sentencing for sex offenders because for female offenders the sentencing of castration would not work. Another is most sex offenders are still sexually violent predators. Also not many states would like the idea of castration being a sentencing. Female offenders would not be affected as much as male offenders with castration and state/federal law should not discriminate sex. The law should be affecting both sexes so that both sexes would receive
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Delinquency is often learned as a person grows the more they see the more they are likely to follow example of their guardians. Family makeups have changed over the years, young mothers were not as common of a trend as it is today and single parents’ homes were rarely if ever heard of. As times go on so does the family makeup, what was once a mom, dad and children can now be an aunt, a grandparent or even a foster parent or guardian looking after the child in place of the parental units. Due to
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