They are many challenges faced when managing sex offenders in the community. Policy makers have to worry about the offender’s risk and needs as well as the public safety and public perception. However, by measuring the individual risk factors and matching it with supervision that is best suitable for them and treatment strategies can help reduce an offender risk from reoffending. In Nathan’s situation, he is a 39-year-old Caucasian male, is under intensive supervision since he is a pedophile. He was involved with two previous relationships in which one of the women was his wife. However, he is depressed because of the loss of the relationship from the victim Mark that he sexually assaulted. When he was arrested, he was found with adult porn. …show more content…
From his case, since he genuinely does not want to physically harm the kids and his prognosis does seems great, as his case manager I determined that his risk assessment does not seems great, but there can be a chance where he commits these offenses again or new offenses. Helping him identify what risk factors he has will also helps him to understand what factors influence his behavior. Therefore, they are quite few needs that must be met and must be tailored to address the offender behavior. Sharing information regarding supervision and monitoring of sex offenders can help the criminal justice system to monitor and track the offenders. Also requiring polygraph exams to be done randomly so that if there were any information that was gained from examination would be forwarded …show more content…
Having this supervision where he will be constantly monitor by having one to one monitoring by a staff member and which will require him to work can benefit him by hopefully changing his habits. Also community supervision officer will be effective since they will be able to have routine conversations with the therapists and bring to the courts attention if they are not complying with the terms of supervision. Having a supervise officer monitoring the offender behavior and how he is progressing by maintain regular contacts with them will be very
In the event that a prisoner (particularly a sex offender) does complete rehabilitation, he carries with him a stigma upon reentering society. People often fear living near a prior drug addict or convicted murderer and the sensational media hype surrounding released felons can ruin a newly released convict’s life before it beings. What with resident notifications, media scare tactics and general concern for safety, a sex offender’s ability to readapt into society is severely hindered (554). This warrants life-skills rehabilitation applied to him useless, as he will be unable to even attempt to make the right decision regarding further crime opportunities.
Indeed, that correctional counselors and custodial staff need to work together in collaboration to improve on the treatment and management of offenders. For example, they should work together so as to eliminate impediments arising from the conflicting assertions on the advocacy for the treatment and rehabilitation and maintenance of order and security so that the offenders are able to cooperate in correctional treatment without any fear that treatment induced statements may incriminate him/her. This collaboration should be done in a way that ensures offenders are assisted to cope, learn and reform their behaviors so that they can enhance security (McElreath et al.,
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The Recidivism Rate of Juvenile Sex Offenders between Uses of Legal Sentencing as Adults or Utilizing Psychological Treatment
At the end of the day the most important fact to remember is that both parties share a common goal. That goal is to prevent sex offenders from reoffending and prevent most importantly in my opinion future victims.
The purpose of this literature review is to discuss the importance of sexual offender treatment, to compare and contrast research points regarding treatment, and to address the validity of the peer reviewed articles. Every year 6,000 sex offenders enter treatment (Waldram, 2008). Various therapeutic treatment options are offered, and the primary focus is to rehabilitate and change behavior. The body of research reveals different therapeutic treatment models and discusses the purpose and effectiveness of each model. This paper will also discuss some of the challenges of implementing therapeutic treatment schemas as viable alternatives to treat sex offenders. Lastly, the research will also examine the impact of treatment as it relates to recidivism.
Sex offenders have trouble reintegrating into society and are often harassed by those who become aware of their status. The sex offender management tool restricts where the offender can live and sets boundaries of how close they can be to children. Research has shown most of these restrictions are viewed as more of a stress to the offender and it is not clear how the public is ensured.
Many offenders are locked away with the hopes of eventually returning to society by completing certain rehabilitation programs within jail. While this may be difficult, there are some that are able to complete some form of rehabilitation or their sentencing in order to leave the facility and return to society. Treatments can include targeting such behaviors in order to get to the root problem of the issues i.e deviant sexual behavior or lack of empathy (Schaffer et al., 2010). Deviant sexual offenders have also been found to be at a more advanced threat for reoffending as they are more set in their ways with rehabilitation offering little to
In today’s society, juveniles that commit a sexual assault have become the subject of society. It’s become a problem in the United States due to the rise of sexual offenses committed by juveniles. The general public attitude towards sex offenders appears to be highly negative (Valliant, Furac, & Antonowicz, 1994). The public reactions in the past years have shaped policy on legal approaches to managing sexual offenses. The policies have included severe sentencing laws, sex offender registry, and civil commitment as a sexually violent predator (Quinn, Forsyth, & Mullen-Quinn, 2004). This is despite recidivism data suggesting that a relatively small group of juvenile offenders commit repeat sexual assaults after a response to their sexual offending (Righthand &Welch, 2004).
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In a study more than one half of all responding registrants reported having lost a friend as a result of public knowledge of their sexual offending. There is also evidence that family members of registered sex offenders experience persecution and threats when the information is public. Consequently, the offender might lose support from both friends and family, which further hinders their ability to rehabilitate into
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Many resources go into the prevention and management of sex offenders. However, very few effective programs exist that decrease the likelihood of reoffending. Through the use of meta-analyses, Seto and Lalumiere (2010) evaluated multiple studies that examined sex offenders. Emphasis was put on etiological explanations in the hopes of identifying factors associated with sex offending. Seto and Lalumiere’s (2010) findings help in creating effective programs to decrease recidivism rates.
Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted(Oakes 99). The latter statistic, in its context, does not convey the severity of the situation. Each year 510,000 children have their childhood's destroyed, possibly on more than one occasion, and are faced with dealing with the assault for the rest of their lives. Sadly, many of those assaults are perpetrated by people who have already been through the correctional system only to victimize again. Sex offenders, as a class of criminals, are nine times more likely to repeat their crimes(Oakes 99). This presents a