A Brief History of Major Sex Offender Laws

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J. Terry ◽  
Alissa R. Ackerman
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sex Offender Laws

scholarly journals Megan's Law and Durkheim’s Perspective of Punishment: Retribution, Rehabilitation or Both?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Tanni Chaudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Social Evolution ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Community Notification ◽  
Megan's Law ◽  
Sex Offender Legislation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sex Offender Laws

<p>The victimization of Adam Walsh, Jacob Wetterling and Megan Kanka has been instrumental in designing sex offender laws. Registration and Community Notification Laws (RCNLs) are informally known as Megan’s Law (Terry 2011.) This paper explores sex offender legislation from the Durkheimian framework of retribution versus rehabilitation.  In this paper I attempt to answer the research question: Does sex offender legislation respond to the diluted stance of punishment, which Durkheim envisioned is characteristic of modern societal sentiments (rehabilitation replacing retribution)?  Why or why not? I first outline a brief history of sex offender legislation, followed by a discussion of select characteristics of societies that exhibit retributive and rehabilitative justice. Based on scholastic evidence presented in this paper, I conclude the punitive tendencies of current sex offender legislations are more retributive than rehabilitative. Current policies do not conform to the progress of punishment which Durkheim envisioned is concomitant to social evolution, and in many ways, demonstrates taking  a step backwards.</p>

‘Y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife’: Mobile applications, risk and sex offender databases

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2469-2484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharif Mowlabocus
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Mapping ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This article reflects upon recent developments in sex offender tracking and monitoring. Taking as its focus a suite of mobile applications available for use in the United States, the author explores the impact and consequences of remediating the data held by State offender databases. The article charts the recent history of techno-corrections as it applies to this category of criminal, before then undertaking an analysis of current remediation of this legally obtained data. In doing so, the author identifies how the recontextualizing of data serves to (re)negotiate the relationship between the user, the database and registered sex offenders. The author concludes by arguing that the (mobile) mapping of offender databases serves to obscure the original intentions of these recording mechanisms and might hinder their effectiveness in reducing sex offending.

Repeat Offending, Victim Gender, and Extent of Victim Relationship in Catholic Church Sexual Abusers

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Perillo ◽  
Cynthia Calkins Mercado ◽  
Karen J. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Repeat Offending ◽  
Sex Offender Risk Assessment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Risk Predictors ◽  
Victim Gender ◽  
The Catholic Church

Despite wide reports of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, empirical data on Catholic Church sexual abuse have not been readily available. The present study examines factors associated with sex-offender risk assessment along three criteria (repeat offending, victim gender, and victim relationship) on a sample of sexual abusers in the Catholic Church. Data from 4,392 priests with documented allegations of child sexual abuse were used. Logistic regression analysis resulted in significant predictive models for all comparisons. Factors consistently found to be significant predictors across comparisons included victim age, cleric age, all male victims, and history of victimization. Results suggest that risk predictors for Catholic Church sexual abusers are similar to those used in the general sex-offender population.

Sex Offender Laws

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa L. Sample ◽  
Colleen Kadleck
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offender ◽  
Sex Offender Laws

Sex-Role Orientation and Attachment Styles of Sex Offenders

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 624-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary M. Schneck ◽  
Thomas G. Bowers ◽  
Maria A. Turkson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Offending ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Offending Behavior ◽  
History Of

Given the increase of individuals who have a history of sexual offenses, there has been an increase in research on the etiology of sex-offending behavior. The present purpose was to evaluate the relationship between sex-role orientation and attachment styles of males who were sex offenders. Analysis yielded statistically significant differences between comparison ( n = 22) and clinical groups ( n = 21) in gender roles, with little sign of the androgynous gender type for sex offenders. The offender group showed significantly lower frequency of androgyny scores and significantly higher scores on feminine and undifferentiated orientations, supporting the theoretical view of sex offenders as being “cross-sex-typed.” In addition, the sex offender group had a significantly higher mean score on anxious-avoidant relationship attachment. Based on the present findings, there appears to be a need to help sex offenders explore how their gender roles may relate to their sex-offending behavior and assist sex offenders in the development of adaptive relationships with reduced anxiety and ambivalence.

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