Juveniles that commit these heinous crimes remain in juvenile detention for a longer period of time and make sure that they are required to register as sex offenders until the age of eighteen, depending on the severity of the crime possibly life. When parents think about sexual abuse, they automatically think of an adult that has constant access to the child, however, half of the offenders are juvenile. Juvenile meaning that the offender is under eighteen years of age, although the age can change depending on where the crime took place ("Children Laws"). There are different categories that these offenders can fall into. Age definition only means that the offender is defined by the age that…
Anytown’s Department of Job and Family Services recently implements a new policy regarding child endangerment. To most people you would think for anyone to be charged with child endangerment, it had to be a very serious matter. What most people don’t realize is child endangerment could be simply leaving your child unattended. Nevertheless, child endangerment occurs when a person engages in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment. I believe if a household has one or more documented offense that could put the child in a compromising position.…
Reason Case was accepted for Investigation: On 5/18/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged neglect – inadequate attention to the educational needs of Sophia St Pierre and Rohnan St Pierre by parents Tiana Raphael St Pierre. Per reporter Sophia has missed 6 full unexcused days at school and Rohnan has missed 15 full unexcused days at school. Per reporter a principal letter was sent home on 10/31/16 and several letters, phone calls and in person meetings with Ms. St Pierre were done. Outcome of Assessment: This worker met with Ms. Tiana at Eden Prairie office on 5/23/17.…
Sociology Sex Offender Journal Sex offenders are described as the lowest of the lows and are looked down upon for their crimes. Questions are proposed, such as if the current registry for sex offenders makes the community safer, or if it gives a false sense of security. Another question that is proposed, is whether or not all sex offenders should be registered. One last critical question that is proposed is whether or not the sex offender registry reduces recidivism. These questions can be answered by examining the Florida and Ohio sex offender registry data as well as Lisa Lang’s documentary “Our America - State of Sex Offenders”.…
“People often picture child sex offenders as unclean men with a long beard and a black trench coat. This, however, is typically not the case” (“Inside the Mind”). The image of the common sex offender is very misconstrued. Many times they are not rough and gritty men, but more so clean cut gentlemen. Many people tend to think that a child molester is a strange man that swoops up a child out of nowhere but, the truth is that most offenders know their victims before they assault them.…
On Chapter 11 of the book, The Myth That Sex Offenders Are Beyond Redemption, the chapter begins off how people and the media subscribes myths about sex offenders, (SOs) that are often misinformed and misguided. Some of the popular myths about SOs that people often get misinformed are: often prey on unsuspecting strangers, high recidivism rates, SO treatment does not work, and they must be monitored closely. However, not all sex offenders do. The majority of sex offenders do not prey to unknown victims but are known to their victims, “sexual perpetrators victimized strangers in about 27 percent of rapes and 15 percent in sexual assaults” (Bureau of Justice Statistic 1997). The myth about sex offenders have high recidivism rates, “Sex offenders with past arrests are more likely…
In the 1990s the sex offender Registry was created as a tool to prevent repetitive sex crimes especially for sake of children. As of for today Statics shows that sex offenders today have had their lives ruined for sex cases that are minor and non repetitive compared to the 1990.There are three different levels to an offender’s risk. In order to be on this registry by law an individual needs commit a level two or three sex crime in order to be enlisted in the public directory. The public directory post several photos and their current state address of registered sex offenders as they become obtained for the public to view, this creates harm for the sex offender (criminaljustice.ny.gov). Along with other information that include crime of conviction,…
The state I have chosen to talk about is Utah, having lived there for 18 years it seems like a good state to get to know more about with the sex offender registry. Topic 1 In the state of Utah there are many things that can land you onto the state sex offender registry.…
P.L. 109-248 “Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006” The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), also known as Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 2006, was signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006 in recognition of the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, a six-year-old boy, exactly twenty-five years prior. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the policy’s intent is to “protect the public from sex offenders and offenders against children” (Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, 2006). It targets criminals who have committed offenses of a sexual nature, by requiring them to register as sex offenders so they can be monitored, and their information shared…
Although sex offender registries were designed with the intention of deterring sex offenders from recidivating by providing their information to the public, the legislation needs to be examined if it is serving its purpose. One particular study by Zgoba, Bonia, Veysey, and Dalessandro collected demographic information, criminal history records, along with clinical and institutional information to compare and contrast the outcomes of multiple sex offenders. Recidivism measures were collected from offenders who had been released before and following the implementation of SORN. Together, more than half of the offenders lacked a high school education, however, a large majority of the offenders (94%) had received sex offender treatment and education classes such as life skills training and substance counseling while they were incarcerated. General recidivism rates varied each year, with the…
Whether or not to label a juvenile as a sex offender is not an easy question to answer. Many states treat juveniles differently than adults, Edwards (n.d.) stated: With a steadfast focus on rehabilitation and confidentiality, the justice system has sought to preserve the premise that juvenile offenders are not miniature adults. But Edwards goes on to say: Yet, when a juvenile is adjudicated on a sex offense, Oregon makes no meaningful distinction between an adult and juvenile offender therefore juveniles must register on the same list as adults. According to Siegel & Welsh (2015), if juveniles are deemed delinquents then they are labeled as sex offenders and may have to register as such after their release (p. 176).…
Introduction When someone thinks of child molesters or rapists, the first thought is to lock them up because there is no help for them, they are sick. How can anyone be attracted to a child? How can anyone rape someone? How can anyone turn out this way? Normally people don’t consider the back stories of these perpetrators, because they have committed awful acts.…
Introduction: I am writing my Decision-Making Report over the need of the importance in learning to be able see the early signs of neglected or abused and what do at a child care facility or in a school. My main audience is the State of Texas Education. The reason I will write to this group of audience is because every school, day care facility should know and understand why it’s important to know the symptoms and know what should be done if a child is being neglected or abuse. While convincing the State of Texas Education about the problem with neglect and abuse, I will also talk about 3 possibilities there are for addressing/solving this problem. Audience questions: Neglect and abuse is something that increases every day in life.…
Acts that occur behind closed doors in our community can be shocking to many, but they occur every day and night in our own neighborhoods. Human trafficking is the manufacturing of children for the sex trade a form of modern day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. Commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors are often-overlooked forms of child abuse a serious problems in the United States with long-term adverse consequences for children and society as a whole. Minors who are prostituted or sexually exploited in other ways should be treated as victims rather than arrested and prosecuted as criminals.…
Everything has its cost. It all boils down to how much one is willing to pay. From the 1980’s to the 1990’s juvenile offenses prompted state policymakers to expand laws to put juveniles in adult court. States are on average spending millions to incarcerate youth in adult prisons. It costs on average $43,000 to house a youth offender in a juvenile facility.…