There are a variety of programs, which when properly targeted, administered, and well-implemented, can actually reduce recidivism and enhance the public safety at large. The author will focus one of those programs that is widely identifiable in correctional facilities across the country as an effective measure in the reduction of recidivism. Female sexual offender treatment, programs for juvenile offenders (family-based programs). In addition to the implementation, risk-focused prevention programs will be identified by employing various tactics and strategies to reduce the influence of risk factors that are associated with criminal conduct. The primary emphasis of these at risk-focused youth prevention programs will be to deliver the message and expose the at risk persons to the programs early in life before law-breaking behavior begins. The author of this paper will discuss the attachment model of intimacy deficits in sexual offenders by drawing upon the interface between the attachment of the media outlets, literature, and social sites, and cognition research. This essay will also briefly discuss the comprehensive model of intimacy deficit disorders and the affect they have in relation to the sexual offender. Keywords: murder, Due process, law enforcement, investigation Criminal Behavior Empirical confidential data obtained and processed on approximately 200 adult female child sexual abusers was analyzed in order to obtain results and to test a number of theoretical proposals with respect to concerns that arose from the role of attachment problems in the onset of female sexual offending. Atkinson, J.L. (1996) Results indicated that the offenders’ parent–child attachment relationships were almost always characterized ... ... middle of paper ... ...sible ways to provide treatment and assistance in an attempt to understand these troubled women. The paper also discussed the interrelation of the differential treatment approach that female offenders receive in relation that received by their male counterparts and how it fails to meet the needs of not only the offenders, but the communities and victims as well. Finally this paper discussed the relationship of the media and the double standard that is afforded to these women who commit sexual offenses. As a society we must develop a better working understanding of the women who perpetrate these sexual offenses. By broadening the understanding of the inner workings of these offenders minds communities, clinicians, and criminologists the necessary tools to better treat, manage , and identify potential problems in this small but complicated sexual offender population.
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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.
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Many etiological theories exist attempting to explain the root causes of sexual offending. Although few provide substantial evidence and no definitive conclusions have been made, the social learning theory has been proposed to account for sex offending behaviors. Specifically, the social learning theory, or victim-to-victimizer theory, suggests sexually abused children learn these behaviors and are much more likely to perpetrate abuse when they’re older (Seto & Lalumiere, 2010). The following studies have provided substantial support for the social learning etiology. Through the use of a meta-analysis, Seto and Lalumiere (2010) concluded that sexual offending is tied to prior sexual abuse. Burton, Miller, and Shill (2002) discovered significant differences between sexual offending and nonsexual offending adolescents in the areas of sexual abuse. Lastly, Burton (2003) determined that sex offender’s methods of abuse mimicked that which was done to them. The introduction, method, results, and discussion of each study is addressed and the link between prior sexual abuse and future sex offending behaviors become apparent.
It is a common stereotype that all sex offenders have some form of psychopathy, and therefore they cannot be treated, however most sexual offenders do not have major mental illness or psychological maladjustment (Ward, Polaschek and Busch, 2006), therefore it is not impossible to treat them. Finkelhor’s (1984) precondition model was made with the assumption that the psychopathology of an individual will only take us so far in explaining sexually abusive behaviour, Finkelhor states that 4 stages of preconditions must exist before sexual abuse can take place, these are; Primary motivation to abuse a child sexually, overcoming of internal and external inhibitions and dealing with a child’s resistance to sexual abuse, for each subsequent precondition to occur the previous one must be achieved. Finkelhor argues th...
Rehabilitate, and develop, both of the utmost substance when observing the ways in which a sex offender registry are and
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Girls are three times as likely to have been sexually abused as boys (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996). Many female delinquents, an estimated 70 percent, report a history of sexual and physical abuse. Most often, abuse is perpetrated by family members or close family friends who are perceived as trusted adults (Davis, et al., 1997). This in turn leads to a young girl lacking one of the most basic needs which is trust.
Aside from children, women stand as a special population of interest for organizations engaged in social work because of their being identified as a vulnerable group. One particular subpopulation of this group, which are women who are in prison, can quite understandably raise concerns because they can be left overlooked accidentally or even purposefully because of the stigma associated with criminal liability. In relation to this, the following sections will provide a discussion on the history and context of sexual abuse of women in prison, as well as the background and outcomes of a chosen project. The concluding portion of the paper will provide a summary of the significant points made in the initial sections of the paper along with best practices and recommendations for improving the chosen project.
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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
In late March of 2005, emails and text messages began to spread of a very serious and new crime tactic used by rapists. There were many variations to the content of the emails and text messages, but the overall message was the same. Apparently, a woman upon leaving her place of work came upon a crying child on the road. When she asked the child what happened, the child replied, “I am lost. Can you take me home please?” Non-suspecting of any foul play she took the child to the address. The woman awoke the next day in an empty house, naked covered in semen with many condoms thrown around the room. What is worse is that she had no recollection of what had occurred the night before. (“Example 2.” Rapist Luring Victims with Crying Baby).