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    who were “very concerned” about sexual offenders (Yoder). As far back as the late 1940’s, states such as California have implemented sex offender registries. Agan describes the laws that required sex offenders to provide their place of residence and to have annual checkups (Worley and Worley 335). Later in the 1990’s, these laws were revised, the most famous law being Megan’s

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    stigma has impacted our views on how to handle sex offenders after sentencing, and if rehabilitation is possible for these individuals. According to the sources, provided in this course, pertaining to sex offender treatment, rehabilitation is obtainable, but certain distinctions are necessary to the specific individual’s viability. Furthermore, there are particular strategies that are exceedingly beneficial to the reduction of recidivism by sex offenders, in which probation and parole officers can

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    supported offering people second chances. Sex offenders should be included in that statement. Even people who commit the worst of crimes deserve this chance, but sex offender laws inhibit them from having this second chance. Presently, the laws enacted against sex offenders are unfair and ineffective. Even though most offenders are released into the community after serving jail, finding and maintain a suitable job is almost impossible with the current sex offender laws. Most companies and employers see

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    Convicted sex offenders are stigmatized even by those convicted of other crimes. Regardless of the particular offense, those who have been convicted of sex crimes find it difficult to transition back to normalcy. But there are strategies you may use to cope with the stigma and try to reestablish a sense of self. Over 10,000 convicted sex offenders are released from jail or prison every year. When they’re released, they have served the penalty for their offenses. In an ideal world, they would be

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    female sex offenders differently than male sex offenders, the punishments of female sex offenders are more lenient than men who commit the same types of crimes, and the differences between male and female victims are all perception and not reality. Objective considerations to additional factors make the perceptions baseless. These additional factors solidify the factual differences between male and female sex offenders. The acceptance that the court system often treats female offenders differently

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    • Sexual offender treatment program efficacy There is a general agreement in the literature that it is in the interests of both the general public and sex offenders that a comprehensive evaluation of the efficacy of sex offender treatment programmes is established. However largely due to the lack of homogeneity amongst offenders a degree of uncertainty remains as to the most effective model. The literature is inconclusive with regard to specifying an exact exemplar for a sex offender. It is therefore

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    rape is arguably one of the worse crimes that can be committed against another person. In the last few years there has been much debate about whether sex offenders should be castrated either voluntarily or as a forced treatment. There are a number of arguments for and against chemical or surgical castration being implemented against known sex offenders. First it is important to explain the difference between surgical and chemical castration. Surgical castration is the removal of a man’s testicles

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    The Dangerous sexual offender was a new amendment made to the criminal code enacted in 1960-1961 replacing the older criminal sexual psychopath. The new definition of the dangerous sexual had three components first is that a “person by his conduct in any sexual matter has shown failure to control his sexual impulses [second is] who is likely to cause injury pain or other evil to any person through failure in the future to control his sexual impulses or [third] is likely to commit further sexual offence

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    Recidivism of Sex Offenders Essay example

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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

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    “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

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