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    jail time for their crimes. Rehab is not effective treatment for sex offenders. Often we see repeat offenders because of light sentencing by lenient judges. The children are left to deal with a lifetime of psychological, emotional, and/ or physical damage of these sex offenders. Rehab is not effective treatment for sex offenders. North Carolina prison system has developed rehab program for sex offenders called SOAR (Sexual Offender Accountability and Responsibility). The program is only at medium

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    Introduction Sexual behaviors and experimentation are very much a part of childhood development. Normative sexual behaviors of children consists of preschool children poking others bodies, and being interested in bathroom functions, while children ages 5 to 7 years are telling dirty jokes, kissing, and holding hands, and children ages 8 to 12 years, are mooning and exhibitionism, kissing, and touching others’ genitals (Caldwell, 2007). However when children are not supervised appropriately they are

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    model in the treatment and management of sex offenders. The authors started off by quoting Andrews and Bonta, 1998 while trying to inform the readers that “for the past 40 years, has been based on RNR approach…..(Megan Schaffer, Elizabeth L. Jeglic, John Jay College and Aviva Moster, p.1). The authors continue to explain that both models, the GLM and the RNR, utilize the Cognitive Behavioral therapy ( CBT) techniques for the treatment of sex offenders. While agreeing with the fact that both GLM and

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    crime committed by youth jumped approximately 120% (CITE). The most controversial debate in Canadian history would have to be about the Young Offenders Act (YOA). In 1982, Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act (YOA). Effective since 1984, the Young Offenders Act replaced the most recent version of the Juvenile Delinquents Act (JDA). The Young Offenders Act’s purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions. It also addressed concerns that

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    young people who commit crime. The YCJA helps young offenders get to rehabilitate to a normal life in a society. The YCJA act will prevent young offenders having a criminal record if you are between 12-17 if older you a charged as an adult. In the YCJA you can be charged as an adult due to a violent crime when you are between 14-17. The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) since then replaced Young Offenders Act (YOA) as of April 1, 2003 young offenders have been helped by rehabilitating and reintegrating

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         They should not be left alone in society to function as a regular citizen. Social services Should check up on them on a weekly basis just like any other criminal. Watching CNN the other Day, they stated that when these sexual predators are arrested it is only a misdemeanor, when in Doubt it should be considered a felony because they sometimes they actually kill a person. Most Of the time they are heavy on drugs or alcohol, which they have many courses that they could

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    dysfunction have all been linked to sexual offending. To date, there is no evidence of a genetic in sex-offending (Langevin, 1993), although case reports of pedophilic fathers and sons have been reported (Gaffner, Lurie & Berlin, 1984). Some researchers have hypothesised this to be reflective of neuro-endocrine abnormalities, such that abnormal hormonal levels may disrupt the sexual arousability of an individual. This is based on the belief that the endocrine system drives sexual behaviour (Langevin, 1993)

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    dad found out.. Now Jack’s serving time in prison. Should a person who commits a consensual sexual act be punished with prison time? Because of Statutory Rape Laws, he/she can be. These laws criminalize any person who performs sexual acts with a person under the age of consent (which is usually between 16 and 18) even if the act was consensual. In the eyes of the law, a person cannot consent to any sexual act until they have reached the age of consent. A person charged with Statutory Rape serves

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    laws have been put into an effect nationwide asking for those convicted of a sexual crime be placed on a registered list. In the 20 years since its implementation, the registry has added several caveats such as a tier based registry where the violent offenders were kept at a higher more prominent level. As well as public notice every few months of an offender relocating or living in your area. While some low levels offenders must relinquish 15 years of their life notifying the public and remaining on

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    Female Sex Offenders

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    Delgado Women engage in all forms of criminal activity (Mallicoat, 2012) which includes sexual offenses. However in our society they are less likely to be labeled as criminals compared to men and even more unlikely to become sexual predators. With only about 0.5% of sexual predators (Kemshall, 2004) being women, the public concern of these perpetrators is low. Due to the fact that there are such low levels of women sexual predators that are reported, identified, and prosecuted, this does not necessarily

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