Sex Offense Recidivism: A Case Study

An Alabama convicted sex offender was charged Thursday with kidnapping and murdering 12-year-old Naomi Jones after finding Jones's body in a creek near her house.

Summary of Article or Findings: The key problem the authors raise is if there is a stigma directed at registered sex offenders. The research focuses on certain consequences that register sex offenders deal with because of their status. The data gather in the research shows key problems in being a registered sex offender. The evidence that shows the key problem of being a registered sex offender is actual insight from actual registered sex offenders. The key finding of the research is there are main consequences that registered sex offender’s deal with because of being a registered sex offender. The sex offender’s deal with family and intimate relationship issues, loss of employment, denied promotions at work, lack of housing, different types of harassment. The key concept which leads to the conclusion is that there is a stigma directed at registered sex offenders. Since the registered sex offenders have consequences because of their status as a registered sex offender it gives the look that no matter what, they will never fulfill their debt to society. The conclusion the author’s made is that there are problems with registered sex offenders in locations that have need been studied and those that have been studied. The consequences the registered sex offenders receive could cause further problems such as reoffending and that the stigma regarding sex offenders is still active.

A more recent study, published in the same journal, by Looman et al in 2000 suggests the opposite. Of the released sex offenders they studied they found a 23.6 percent recidivism rate for those treated while a 51.7 percent rate for the untreated group. They also conducted an analysis separately on the outcome for men who had previous sexual convictions. Those with no previous sexual offense convictions had a 20.9 percent recidivism rate of the treated men compared to 42.9 percent of the untreated men. Of

Sex crimes are a major problem in the United States, especially in certain states such as California. Legislators have passed numerous laws to try to reduce the number of victims. One of the measurements taken to reduce recidivism is the sex offender registry, which is a system designed to keep track of those convicted of a sex offense. There are websites now available that contain the sex offenders’ name, address, and photograph. The registries’ main purpose is to prevent future sex crimes and to reduce recidivism. The sex registry was set up with good intentions; however over the years more and more people are on the list without fitting the definition of a sex offender, making the registry unfair and ineffective.

Juvenile Delinquency seems to always find itself on the front pages of newspapers. The juvenile delinquency rate is very high in America, today. According to Seigel and Welsh (2014) juvenile delinquency is defined as the participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under the statutory age limit (p. 648). The statutory age limit varies in different states. For example, a juvenile might be considered an adult in different state for various crimes. Statistics show that each year, juvenile commits about 9.8 percent of almost 12,000 homicides (Zagar, Grove, & Busch, 2013).

Research suggests that reducing the rate of reoccurring offenses for juvenile offenders is directly related to understanding the factors that increase the recidivism rates for this age group: the origins of the offenders, the behavior problems and causes, the adjudication process, and the type of offense committed.

December 2009, Sarah Foxwell 11 year-old little girl taken from her home and there was no signs of forced entry. The key suspect in the case was Thomas J. Leggs Jr, 30 years old who was for boyfriend of the child’s aunt (who was her guardian) (Martinez, 2008). The body of Foxwell was found burned in a wooded area in Salisbury MD. The autopsy revealed that the child had many cause of death which was related to homicide (WBOC, 2011). In Leggs truck they found the child missing toothbrush. As the case progress, Leggs admitted to the death of Foxwell and was found to be a registered sex offender for Maryland and Delaware. Leggs is currently sentence to life without parole (WBOC, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to examine the civil commitment laws for sex offenders in the state of Maryland.

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

The recent publication of the New York Times’s Editorial Board, titled “The Pointless Banishment of Sex Offenders” published in September 8, 2015 is an eye opener to the public that the vast majority of the laws made around the country in different states restricting sex offenders living close to schools so to speak but technically it is the “banishment” of sex offenders is “ pointless” according to the author, not because the law is not trying to protects our children from sex offenders, but because some of the so called “sex offenders” do not pose threat to the children, the blanket residency-restriction by law makes it difficult to track sex offenders to offer them the help needed, restricting where they can live thereby making them a potential threat to the safety of the public making the banishment of sex offenders pointless according to the title of the article.

Most people in prison will be locked up for multiple years, in those years they will probably not have the chance to engage in sexual relationships with a female. What is very problematic is that most of the sexual offenders in prison are heterosexual but they want to have power and control over other inmates as well as to please their sexual needs even if it is with a male. This problem will always exist in the prison system, new and less experience inmates will always be the main

Convicted sex offenders should have their addresses publicized. People would like to know they live in a safe neighborhood. As everyone should be aware of it. Many people believe it shouldn’t but it really should be. However, the safety of others is important when it comes to this topic. People would be aware and would know the right actions to take. Convicted sex offenders should have their addresses publicized because it is for the safety of other, so they do not do it again and because people should know.

Rehabilitation programs aim to treat sex offenders from reoffending, and to design a program that’s effective is a difficult task that’s why international studies collate different programs and evaluations to determine the effectiveness. Results show from Canadian study that over 900 sex offenders from four different countries only 9.9% of treated sex offender reoffended sexually compared to 17.3% of non- treated sex offenders and this is using the meta analyses. Additional to the effectiveness of programs, another study have explored the results from 69 different studies show that treated sex offender reoffended 37% less then untreated sex offender. The treatment centres aim to trigger their offenders thinking style, the impact they caused towards victim’s life and emotional management and also intimacy skills. Therapy session always helps offender deal with their offence pattern, through the session offenders are

Most research on sexual offending focuses on adult offenders, however, juveniles also engage in such behaviors. Official records indicate that juveniles are responsible for 17 to 20 percent of all sexual crimes, except prostitution, and victim reports, as well as, youth self-reports suggest even higher rates of juvenile sexual offending (Letourneau & Borduin, 2008). Although it remains clear that there is no specific “cure” for sex offenders, various treatment programs and punishments have been put in place as remedies to limit sex offending (Letourneau & Borduin, 2008). The following provides further insight on the most common treatment programs being utilized for juvenile sexual offenders today: cognitive-behavioral treatment programs (Terry, 2006).

offending cases proves to be a little more sinister, in most of the time people don’t need to worry about their neighbors as much as they do inside their own homes.

In order to investigate this phenomenon and address the gap in adolescent sexual offenders having a higher possibility of conduct disorder, the following research study is proposed. The study focuses on the research question: if adolescent sex offenders are more likely to have childhood diagnosis of conduct disorder than that of adult sexual offenders. It is a hypothesis that adolescent sexual offenders have a much lower chance of re-offending if they are not into more types of crimes (Davidson, 2015, p.555). It is also a hypothesis that adolescent sex offenders may have a higher possibility of a childhood diagnosis of a conduct disorder (Morrell & Burton, 2014, p.39).