Nicole Palmer October 31, 2011 POL 106 Option 1: Propose an Amendment to the Constitution “When your child's innocence is lost, it is lost forever. If your child dies at the hands of a sexual predator, your life as you know it will never be the same,” a quote from supportpapa.com. Parents are always trying to do everything they can to keep their children safe. Whether it is reminding them not to take candy from a stranger or the ever so common advice of not going with someone to find their lost
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Nathan Fiecke CJS 425 Free Write #2 Handling Sex Crimes/Offenders I have learned a lot about sex crimes and sex offenders that I had no recent knowledge of or even knew was possible. I have been informed of different ways that these offenders are handled and how people have looked at sex crimes, whether it was Frank Weber telling us about his new way of rehabilitation or when we were told about what these offenders are supposed to oblige by when they are on probation. We also heard about
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Board from The New York Times, “The Pointless Banishment of Sex Offenders”, the author goes into detail showing that it really is not necessary to banish all sex offenders. The Board goes further to talk about how residency Laws “drive tens of thousands of people to the fringes of society, forcing them to live in motels, out of cars or under bridges” (par 3). There is a huge variety of offenses that could classify someone as a sex offender, so the court system, and society should not group them into
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things that’s dealing with sexual assault no if, ands or buts about it. I’m against sexual assault of all kinds towards minors as well as adults. It’s no right in the situation and we should have our voices heard to enforce the punishment for sex offenders. Sexual assault is something that is not consented to the other person. It’s basically unwanted sexual activities that someone do to another human. Most of the sexual assault cases has
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chemical castration has been widely embraced by the correctional justice system as a form of punishment and treatment for sex offenders. Offenders are treated with injections of a synthetic hormone that is used to lower their testosterone level, resulting in a decrease in their sexual drive. The change in sexual behavior is believed to have promising effects preventing the offender from relapsing into committing harm again. Although the drug is an accepted use of treatment there is much debate upon
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is the sex registry. There are now websites available that contains the sex offenders’ name, address, and photograph. These registries main purpose is to prevent future sex crimes and to reduce recidivism. The purpose of the registry is good because the public has the right to know about sex offenders who live nearby them. However, the registry is not meeting its goals and may be encouraging recidivism. The sex offender registry should be changed to make it fair and effective. Sex offender registries
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Warning: Sex offenders need to be supervised in the community, Payne and DeMichele wrote: The role of probation and parole officers in the collaborative response to sex offenders (Payne & DeMichele, 2010). This article talks about the various roles of how law enforcement and the community see sex offenders. For example law enforcement role is to teach violence prevention programs. The prosecution can use their role by getting a strong sentence to ease the victim’s pain, while sentencing the sex offender
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concern to policymakers, program administrators, practitioners and members of the public is sex offenders’ return to the community from incarceration. This is mostly attributed to the harm caused to victims and society when these individuals re-engage in similar or worse forms of crime. In the year 2006, the Congress enacted the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act which required that state sex offender registry be created and data collected from every state sent to a national database. The aim
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registers with the sex offender registry that correlates to exactly where they live. Sex offender registries are vital to every society within the U.S. for many reasons. These registries help communities know where their offenders are located so others can be aware of their location, area, city, and state that they live in. When offenders are convicted and released from prison, there are strict rules and guidelines that they have to follow for the rest of their lives. Offenders kind of have to live
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majority of the public believes that when an offender serves their time in jail or prison, he or she will ultimately be free to go. However, that is not always the case. Sex offenders are often viewed as being potential recidivists, therefore certain states and the federal government have put laws in place to keep these potential offenders in prison. More than half the population of sexual predators which includes, rapists, pedophiles, and other sex offenders are held past their sentence on a recidivism
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