Internet Offenders Research

About 43.9% of sex offenders identified both male and female perpetrators as opposed to 9.6% of nonsexual offenders. These individuals were exposed to more severe forms of victimization with a longer duration. Sex offenders endured an average of 5.6 years of abuse while nonsexual offenders experienced 3.9 years. Through the use of logistic regression analyses, Burton, Miller, and Shill (2002) concluded that method of operation and gender of abuser accurately predicts whether an individual will sexually offend. The analysis correctly predicted and placed 78.3% of the sex-offending males into their correct groups.

Statistics show that approximately 20 to 70 percent of adult child sex offenders had been previously sexually abused (AIC 2015). It has also been suggested that the sexual behaviour may have been a learnt response to ease the pain of past sexual abuse (AIC 2015). Further, learnt behaviours need to be unlearnt or implemented before negative behaviour takes place (Akers & Sellers 2009). To minimise Internet crime around the world, such as child grooming, a variety of actions must take place. Peer counselling and specialised educational programs such as, teaching children the dangers of the Internet, are some ways of preventing online child

What drives people to commit crimes can be anything from financial instability to psychological issues. Specialists have long tried to explain what lies beyond the actual crime act and have been further challenged by the emergence of the technological era. In a time when societies depend alarmingly on computers, digital crime can no longer be confronted the same as regular offences because they are being played on an entire different level. It is our belief that each of the existing theories which thrive to offer an explanation for regular crime, subsequently digital crime is relevant only within certain types of crime. That is to say that the nature of it, be it identity theft, Internet coordinated attacks, online child pornography, etc. gives one certain theory rather than it does to the other more relevance. However, we have found that social process theories may provide more insight into digital crime than its fellow theories. Social process theory argues that there is a causal relationship between society and criminal behavior. That is to say that social inequality, lack of quality of life due to unemployment issues, etc. may determine an individual to act criminally. That, and because computers lay more opportunities for injustices to be committed, underlines the relevance of the theory. For example, an individual with tendencies for child pornography may repress his behavior on regular, day to day basis because of fear of being caught. However, the Internet makes it

A Hanson and Morton-Bourgon study found that over a 15 year time period, the rate for recidivism was a terrifying 35% for child molesters of boy victims and 24% for rapists. It is vital to consider that there is an abundance of victims whose trauma prohibits them from coming forward therefore a thoroughly accurate representation of repeat offences is severely limited. Brent Peter Cowan is a prime example of a sex offender, whose minimal

They explain that the telephone were originally marketed as a time saver for commercial use and later, it for residential use where it took telephone companies over twenty years to advertise and market the sociability of the telephone even though they were aware that was being ‘misuse’ by them . Cassell and Cramer try to discuss that the relationship between the production and consumption of technology been part of the culture that facing in the society. The media’s represent in both perpetrators and victims of online crimes.. The media continues to portray the stereotype where the fact that statistics cited in this article suggest that the majority of the one in seven solicitations that young people reported in the latest Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS) do not come from the stereotype of the older male Internet predator but from family, friends and peers. The use of this statistic was convincing, however I was more doubtful about their argument that the victim were not from teen girl even though they acknowledge that the girls aged from 14 – 17 experience the highest rate of online solicitation. They argue the fact that solicitations for girls aged between 14 and 17 had dropped by 11 percent. It try to show that statistics can be used to support any argument. It was interesting to note that even been funded by the YISS, they try to hide their findings base on how to reduce stranger solicitation that could increase exposure to sexual material and

The term “sex offender” implies that those who commit sex related offenses are in essence, the same as one another, but in reality, they are a very dissimilar group. Sex offenders differ with respect to behaviors and patterns, population data, stimuli, and the threat level subjected to the community. For the reason that sex offenders are so varied, the strategies imposed for treatment will not work on a ‘one size fits all model’, rather, an individualized approach based off the characteristics and offenses of the offender (Center for Sex Offender Management, 2008).

In the United States, there are 747,000 register sex offenders. Only 33% are in correction facilities. “An estimated 24% of those serving time for rape and 19% of those serving time for sexual assault had been on probation or parole at the time of their repeat offenses. Offenders with a previous sex offense conviction have a 37% re-offense rate. Rapists repeat their offenses at rates up to 35%” (HFR). These offenders have violated another

There are typologies specific to female sex offenders, because they are less likely to sexually reoffend in comparison with male offenders. Nevertheless, male offenders are less likely to commit sexual assaults with the co-offender or even a group (Williams & Bierie, 2015). Females taking an active role in the abuse are frequently engaged in direct sexual contact with the victim. The passive participation of women does not end with the direct sexual contact, but in this case, they observe the abuse without intervening (Mancini, 2014). The major difference between the female and male offenders’ typologies is in the presence of a co-offender, the motivation of the offense, and the age of the

In the United States sex crimes are a serious problem and the legal system don’t have a process of punishing sex criminals. My project show sex offenders don’t get sufficient prison sentence and parole is often too quick. The men that appears feminine will give the impression they are gay and masculine women will take the role as a lesbian. This project shed light on the race, age, gender, education level, and marital status of sex offenders within neighborhoods and communities. Although, sex offenders have evolved with the help of the internet and portable devices.

When we hear the words “sex offender” we immediately think about a grown man who has sexually abused a young girl or boy. We call them pedophiles or predators but we never stop to think that the sex offender can also be a woman or even a young girl/boy who has sexually assaulted another minor. This is mainly due to the fact that we don’t hear about it in the news as much as when a grown man commits the offense. In the world we live in today which is full of many social media sites we are now becoming more aware of these types of offenses being committed and therefore coming to the attention of law enforcement as well. For this paper I will be defining juvenile sex offenders as males and females between the ages of 6 and 16 as many states already

Female sex offending is an understudied phenomenon; consequently, there are scarcity amounts of studies within the last decade on female sexual offenders in the educational system (Martin, 2015; Blokland & Lussier, 2015; Kingston, 2014; McLeod, 2014; Ratliff & Watson, 2013; Austin, Plumm, Terrace, & Terrell, 2013; Solis & Benedek, 2012; Bexson, 2011; Knoll, 2010; Morgenbesser, 2010; and Wijkman, Bijleveld, and Hendricks, 2010). Previous studies have reported the behavior and characteristics of female sexual offenders to establish the profile for females who perpetrate abuse against children (for example, Ferguson & Meehan, 2005; Grayston & DeLuca 1999; and Faller, 1995). There is a consensus among social scientists that the factors thought

Sex offender registration in the United States began with the Jacob Wetterling Crimes against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, passed by Congress in 1994. Since then, every states has indorsed some practice of sex offender registry and public reporting system. At present, researchers have determined that “Sex Laws are undeserved and unproductive”. If the social order wants to keep their children safe from real sex offenders, we need to do away with our existing sex offender registries and absolutely rethink the way we outline and punish sexual offences in this country. Currently, a substantial proportion of those people listed in sex offender registries pose almost no threat to children, making it challenging for us to know who really does pose a threat to our children and what we should do about them. As a nation, we have foolishly concluded that all sex crimes are the same. While sex offender registry laws vary from state to state. The problem is simple because the law says that two teens caught engaging in consensual oral sex in high school belong on the same list as a child rapist. This notion is ridiculous. This concept leaves

Within today’s current political climate and media, the public has cultivated a distorted view of sex offenders as being compulsive, inherently untreatable and that they re-offend at high levels (Galeste, 2010 and Seidler, 2012, 70). Consequently, this intense label provoked by the media places offenders under increased pressure, serving as a potential factor in the increase risk of re-offending (Seidler, 2010, 70)

The process of sexual grooming is relatable to Routine Activities Theory as it is “the situation whereby potential offender will set up opportunities to abuse by gaining the trust of a child in order to prepare them for abuse” (Kloess, 128). There are specific traits that are preferable to offenders: children coming from single-parent families, children with school issues, poor relationships with adults, and other vulnerabilities that can be exploited (Kloess, 128). The Internet allows offenders to see juveniles easier on social media sites, where these children over share information and do not properly protect themselves. During the process, the offender will work to create trust between themselves and their victim, as well as normalizing the relationship addressing the vulnerabilities of the child (Kloess,

Sex offenses receive an inordinate amount of special attention from the public as well as the criminal justice system. Is this because our system is a static reflection of the society/community they answer to? Sexual offense stories infiltrate every membrane of our society, from legal mores to norms, from social media to religion. Our system of justice can’t help but deliver attention to this area. Justice demands it and society needs it for interpersonal validation. The Criminal Justice system has given humans a scale to rate what is normal and what is deviant. Our text (Okada. p.182) shares that