scholarly journals ‘Lucky Boy!’; Public Perceptions of Child Sexual Offending Committed by Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 251660692110600
Author(s):  
Paula Bradbury ◽  
Elena Martellozzo
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Daily Mail ◽  
Sentencing Decisions ◽  
Attractive Female ◽  
The Impact

This exploratory study addresses the existing gaps on the public perceptions of child sexual offending committed by women. Using thematic analysis, the study extracted, coded and analysed the comments ( N = 1,651) made by the general public to nine Daily Mail online newspaper articles published from 2018 to 2019, reporting the sentencing decisions of female sex offenders, who have been charged and found guilty with the offence of sexual activity with a child. From those comments, 170 coded themes were identified, and this amounted to 3,394 coded incidences. Unlike previous research, this study cross-examines public responses to different typologies of offending behaviour; teachers, mothers, same sex offenders, co-offenders and finally those who offended for financial gain. The impact of these typologies was analysed through key descriptive case variables, which were quantitively evaluated against the prominent themes that emerged. It found that while people demand equal sentencing decisions between male and female child sex offenders, this is limited by public perception when the abuser is an attractive female and, as a result, perceived as less harmful to the child, who is not seen no longer as a victim but as a ‘Lucky Boy’. Such preconceptions fuel shame, social stigma and stereotyping towards sexual exposure and prevents victims to disclose their abuse and achieve closure and justice.

Support for the Death Penalty in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Variation between Victim Age Categories

2020 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2098374
Author(s):  
Rick Dierenfeldt ◽  
Samantha Scott ◽  
Gale Iles ◽  
Jared Rosenberger ◽  
Merideth Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
College Major ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Political Affiliation ◽  
Biological Sex

Research exploring attitudes toward the death penalty is common in the field of criminal justice. Additionally, a substantial body of literature has examined public perceptions of sex offenders and punishment in the U.S. Unfortunately, few studies have sought to examine perceptions of the death penalty in relation to sexual offending. This study contributes to the literature by examining perceptions of the college students at a mid-sized university in the Southeastern United States as they relate to support for the death penalty in cases of sexual assault across victim age categories. Findings suggest that respondent perceptions are shaped by biological sex, political affiliation, college major, fear of crime, and parents’ level of education, and these relationships are uniform across victim age categories. Further, support for the death penalty appears inversely related with victim age.

Examining the Influence of Jessica’s Law on Reported Forcible Rape

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Dierenfeldt ◽  
Jennifer Varriale Carson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Electronic Monitoring ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average ◽  
Arima Modeling ◽  
The Impact

Since the 1990s, several measures intended to deter sexual offending have been instituted by state governments. A recent example is Jessica’s Law. First adopted in Florida, variations of Jessica’s Law have since been enacted by the majority of states. The impact of this legislation on forcible rape remains unexplored. Using a general deterrence framework, we apply Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) modeling to monthly Uniform Crime Report (UCR) aggregations of reported forcible rape from 2000 to 2011 in states requiring lifetime electronic monitoring of convicted sex offenders as a condition of Jessica’s Law. Results indicate a null relationship between Jessica’s Law and reported forcible rape. Policy implications related to the efficacy of sex offender legislation and alternatives for reducing sexual offending are discussed.

scholarly journals Rebranding LPP TVRI Melalui Logo Baru

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-221
Author(s):  
Asep Sugiarto ◽  
Febby Alpionita
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Corporate Identity ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Main Concept ◽  
The Public ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT    Rebranding process undertaken by LPP TVRI through its creation of new logo has been undisclosed, specifically to millennials. This research aims to perceive the information about the objective, process, and as well to analyze the impact of rebranding process through the new logo. This research utilizes a main concept about rebranding process in accordance to Ahonen, M (2008) which comprises of four stages, namely analyzing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The method used is descriptive qualitative research. The technique used is intrinsic study case supported by data collection technique by conducting an in-depth interview, observation, and literature study. One key interviewee and four other interviewees are chosen using purposive technique. The result of this research shows that the objective of rebranding of LPP TVRI by creating a new logo is to mobilize the public perception to a positive image of corporate identity. The new logo-rebranding attempt is consisted of four stages, first is analyzing to know the state of affair of the corporate. Second, it takes planning which ensues two strategies. They are re-positioning, which it used to be merely a single platform and turns out it becomes a media that unites the multiplatform, and re-design of TVRI logo with the assistance of DMID brand consultant service. Third, implementation that can be evidenced through a show called New Logo Launching TVRI. Fourth, it ends with evaluation which has not done completely yet. The aftermath of new logo-rebranding process is to create a betterment of TVRI image, escalates the rating and numbers of audience, performance, and public perceptions. The conclusion of this research is the implementation attempted by TVRI by launching a brand-new logo is inefficacious, it hasn’t reached to all levels of population. The suggestion offered by this research is TVRI to directly involve millennials as they are the main targets of the corporate brand acknowledgement. Other than that, corporate is advised to execute a publication strategy through social media with impressive and consistent contents. Keywords:  Rebranding; Image; Logo  

Social and political dimension of stigmatization: The development of Natasha and Maria images for immigrants in Istanbul

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-168
Author(s):  
Bayram Unal
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
State Law ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Impact

This study aims at understanding how the perceptions about migrants have been created and transferred into daily life as a stigmatization by means of public perception, media and state law implementations.  The focus would be briefly what kind of consequences these perceptions and stigmatization might lead. First section will examine the background of migration to Turkey briefly and make a summary of migration towards Turkey by 90s. Second section will briefly evaluate the preferential legal framework, which constitutes the base for official discourse differentiating the migrants and implementations of security forces that can be described as discriminatory. The third section deals with the impact of perceptions influential in both formation and reproduction of inclusive and exclusive practices towards migrant women. Additionally, impact of public perception in classifying the migrants and migratory processes would be dealt in this section.

Second Looks at Sentences under the First Step Act

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Sarah French Russell
Keyword(s):  
Sentence Length ◽  
Sentencing Decisions ◽  
Second Look ◽  
The People ◽  
The Law ◽  
Supervised Release ◽  
Federal Prisoners ◽  
Federal Judges ◽  
The Impact

Under the First Step Act of 2018, federal prisoners may now petition courts directly for reduction of their sentences, and judges may grant such requests if “extraordinary and compelling reasons” support reduction. Judges are also in the process of imposing reduced sentences in thousands of cases where the First Step Act has retroactively reduced statutory penalties. Not only does the First Step Act offer prisoners new opportunities for sentence reduction, but the law also may change how federal judges understand the impact of their sentencing decisions. Before now, in federal cases, judges rarely had the chance to take a second look at the prison sentences they (or their colleagues) imposed. Encounters between judges and the people they sentenced typically occurred only if a person violated the terms of supervised release after leaving prison. Now, judges can reassess sentence length while someone is still in prison and evaluate whether a reduction in the sentence is warranted. This newfound power allows judges to see their sentencing decisions in a new light and may influence how they conceive of the prison time they impose in future cases.

scholarly journals Review of Irish patients meeting ST elevation criteria during the COVID-19 pandemic

Open Heart ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e001716
Author(s):  
Luke Byrne ◽  
Roisin Gardiner ◽  
Patrick Devitt ◽  
Caleb Powell ◽  
Richard Armstrong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Coronary Intervention ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
St Elevation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Transfer Times

IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has seen the introduction of important public health measures to minimise the spread of the virus. We aim to identify the impact government restrictions and hospital-based infection control procedures on ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsPatients meeting ST elevation criteria and undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention from 27 March 2020, the day initial national lockdown measures were announced in Ireland, were included in the study. Patients presenting after the lockdown period, from 18 May to 31 June 2020, were also examined. Time from symptom onset to first medical contact (FMC), transfer time and time of wire cross was noted. Additionally, patient characteristics, left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality and biochemical parameters were documented. Outcomes and characteristics were compared against a control group of patients meeting ST elevation criteria during the month of January.ResultsA total of 42 patients presented with STEMI during the lockdown period. A significant increase in total ischaemic time (TIT) was noted versus controls (8.81 hours (±16.4) vs 2.99 hours (±1.39), p=0.03), with increases driven largely by delays in seeking FMC (7.13 hours (±16.4) vs 1.98 hours (±1.46), p=0.049). TIT remained significantly elevated during the postlockdown period (6.1 hours (±5.3), p=0.05), however, an improvement in patient delays was seen versus the control group (3.99 hours (±4.5), p=0.06). There was no difference seen in transfer times and door to wire cross time during lockdown, however, a significant increase in transfer times was seen postlockdown versus controls (1.81 hours (±1.0) vs 1.1 hours (±0.87), p=0.004).ConclusionA significant increase in TIT was seen during the lockdown period driven mainly by patient factors highlighting the significance of public health messages on public perception. Additionally, a significant delay in transfer times to our centre was seen postlockdown.

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