Paper On Sexual Violence

Further exploration discovered that the choice of sexual expression correlates more to the child’s age then the offenders (Sanford, 87). Offenders do not form intimate relationships with other adults (Henderson, 39). Eight-five percent of sexual activity was nonorgasmic with one-fourth of activity ending before any stimulation occurred by the offender (Sanford, 83). Now that we know some offenders characteristics, it is paramount that we learn to identify traits that may be common to youthful victims.

In this study, a group of juveniles were evaluated by completing a self- reported assessment, being interviewed by a psychologist, and having their caretaker/guardian interviewed. The authors took this information and used demographics, substance abuse, psychiatric diagnosis, interviews, standardized measures, legal history, and history of childhood sexual abuse to determine recidivism rates among juveniles. The participants were monitored and after 12 months the authors gathered the data to determine what factors were key among those who had reoffended compared to those that did not.

Consider Multisystemic Therapy as an advanced treatment for adolescent sex offenders. Adolescent sex offenders are defined as prepubescent youths who engage in abusive behavior that is sexual in nature and that occurs “without consent, without equality, and as a result of coercion, manipulation, game-playing, or deception (Shawn, 199).” These adolescents do not demonstrate positive sexuality; and, therefore, require a multi-disciplinary approach that provides a high-intensity therapeutic intervention, such as Multisystemic Therapy. MST is an intensive family and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple factors of serious sexually maladaptive behavior in adolescent abusers, for the onset of sexual offending behavior in these youth can be linked to numerous factors reflected in their “experiences, exposure, and/or developmental deficits” (Hunter, 1999). Thus, treatment

Are sexual offenders more likely to engage in substance abuse, and why? Additionally, is there a causal factor between the two and do they interact with one another? The New York City Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services Request for Proposals to OASAS submitted this past February identified that sexual offenders were an interest for service proposals (2015-NYCSUDTS-RFP.pdf. pg13 ). With a history of family substance abuse, inhibition, and individual alcohol abuse, there is a likelihood that a therapist would deal with a person who may have sexually offended. When a therapist may see an offender is questionable. This may be following release from jail, during the assessment process, or during the course of a criminal or family court

Assessing an adult for sexual recidivism can be a different type of work than evaluating a juvenile, and requires a different set of risk assessment tools. That being said, adult risk assessment tools initially, and continue to inform juvenile risk assessment tools, therefore, a foundational introduction to adult risk assessment is beneficial to better understand juvenile risk assessment (Christiansen & Vincent, 2013; Collie, Ward, & Vess, 2008; Prescott, 2004). Recognizing this need for some foundational understanding of risk assessment, The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) has set forth some guidelines for adult risk assessment.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social issue that affects millions of Americans. IPV describes physical sexual or psychological harm by a current or former partner spouse. Anyone can be a victim of IPV, this type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples. However, this paper will focus on IPV faced by women. IPV is an important global public health concern related to physical trauma, mental illness, poor health, suicide and murder.(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). There are many risk factors that cause IPV; one of the predictors of IPV is a person’s socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status is commonly conceptualized as the social standing or class, an individual’s socioeconomic status is measured as a combination of education, income and occupation. (American Psychology Association).

Since sex offender treatment programs are a comprehensive and dedicated treatment programs for sex offenders. Treatment providers must rely on their knowledge of the treatment goals and objectives, their treatment techniques and styles, and treatment related assessment tools to ensure that treatment interventions are being delivered efficiently. There are various treatment models and principles such as: (1) cognitive-behavioral treatment; (2) Relapse Prevention (RP; Marlett and Gordon, 1985); (3) Self-Regulating Model (SRM; Ward and Hudson, 1998); (4) Risk,

This requires a switch from a "legal concept of dangerousness" to "decision-making concept of risk" (Winick and La Fond, 222). Safe Offender Strategies (SOS), an evidence based approach, is an example of a skill based curriculum with emerging research on the role of self-regulation and problematic sexual behaviors (Stinson and Becker, 1). It encourages a collaborative approach that centers in on individualized change strategies consistent with sex offender goals and needs (Stinson and Becker, 2). They offer explanations through multi modal self-regulation theory that discusses the relationship between dysregulation (unable to regulate behaviors themselves) and maladaptive behaviors (bad or abnormal behavior) (12). Individuals with deficits in self-regulation will engage in maladaptive behaviors (12). Many who struggle with self-regulation will engage in other maladaptive behaviors to avoid sexually inappropriate behavior

Sex offenders tend to blend in to society virtually unnoticed until they offend or reoffend (Polizzi, MacKenzie, & Hickman, 1999). Currently, there is a large group of mental health professionals representing a variety of disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry clinical social work, counseling, and medicine, that continue to believe in the potential efficacy of treating sex offenders. Over the past decade, the sex offender treatment field has grown rapidly and the treatment of juvenile sex offenders is on the rise (Parks & Bard, 2006). The rationale for treating juvenile offenders is based on research which indicates that inappropriate sexual behavior patterns develop early and a failure to intervene and change behavior early often means that the offender will continue to escalate his/her inappropriate behavior, which could present an even greater danger to society (Ayland & West, 2006). Vivian-Bryne, (2004) suggests that professionals who treat adult sex offenders report that offenders who are incarcerated will eventually return to the community and therefore, therapeutic measures should be taken to reduce the likelihood that they will reoffend even if those measures have not conclusively been identified as effective. Sexual offenders may find therapy valuable because it can allow them to retrace their upbringing to help them identify and understand the roots of their

Sexual assault is one of the fastest growing violent crimes in America. Approximately 20% of all people charged with a sexual offense are juveniles. Among adult sex offenders, almost 50% report that their first offense occurred during their adolescence. (FBI, 1993) There are many different opinions, treatment options and legislation to manage the growing numbers of juvenile sex offenders. In today’s society the psychological and behavioral modification treatments used to manage juvenile sex offenders is also a growing concern. To understand and determine the proposed treatment methods, several related issues will need to be reviewed such as traditional sex offender therapy methods like cognitive therapy and alternative therapies like

The treatment for sexual offenders is done in a three principal approach which is cognitive behavioral approach, psycho-educational approach, and pharmacological approach. The cognitive behavioral approach gives emphasis on altering the habits of the offended relating toward sexual offending and “deviant patterns of arousal”. (CSOM) This means altering the daily habits of the offender which may be everything they had known previously to incarceration. The second principal of psycho-educational focuses on altering the offender’s state of mind toward their victims and attempts to instill the understanding of how they inflicted harm with their actions. With psychology there is never a set time on how long a set goal will be reached. Times vary between individuals and can sometime never reach their desired outcome. In conjunction with those previous principals the offenders are also treated under the pharmacological

As a woman studying International Relations and Political Science, I am absolutely intrigued by cross-national and domestic public discourse on sexual assault. As someone who’s hoping to practice International Law (especially within a Canada-US framework), I’m particularly interested in the way that the legalities of sexual harassment are shaped by public opinion and media reporting. I think that it’s absolutely imperative to isolate the key influencers behind the way that sexual assault is framed in the media and why those frames evolve over time. I think that qualitative coding is an absolutely brilliant way to systemically analyze such a complicated topic. I think that this research is particularly imperative in the current climate of gender-related

In 2005, Lösel & Schmucker conducted a meta-analysis of sexual offender treatment. Featuring 69 studies containing 80 independent comparisons between treated and untreated offenders. treated offenders showed 37% less sexual recidivism compared to the control groups. Organic treatments such as

The Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism (ERASOR 2.0) (see appendix D), often referred to simply as the ERASOR, is an empirically guided tool that relies on the clinical judgment of professionals (Worling & Curwen, 2001, Miccio-Fonseca, 2013). Like the J-SOAP-II, the ERASOR 2.0 is also public domain. The ERASOR 2.0 is designed for use with juveniles, ages 12-18, whom must have committed a sexually based offense or assault (Worling & Curwen, 2001). Like the J-SOAP-II, the evaluator completes the ERASOR 2.0 independently after examining as much collaborative information as possible (Worling & Curwen, 2001). The ERASOR 2.0 is a 25-item tool with items falling in five categories: Sexual Interests, Attitudes, and Behaviors category; Historical Sexual Assaults category; Psychosocial Functioning category; Family/ Environmental Functioning category; and the Treatment category (Worling &

Sexual assault and rape are on-going issues plaguing college campuses all across the nation. In part, I believe this is due to a lack of education on what sexual assault actually is. All too often, victims are leaving these situations feeling confused about something that they will forever deem "a weird night". It often isn't until much later that they realize what happened to them was a violation of their body and of their rights.