Sex Offenders
Essays

Megan's Law is the common name of the law passed in 1996 which is intended to authorize local law enforcement agencies to "…notify the public about convicted sex offenders living, working or visiting their communities"…

Against Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders

This assignment consisted of a series of answers to the following questions concerning social work and child abuse/neglect: 6-1. Outline the typical social service treatment provided to a physically abusive family. What are the goals of this treatment? What are some ways that one could achieve their intended outcomes? 6-2. How does one treat neglectful families? Be sure to include in your discussion the following: Where do the concepts of equilibrium and disequilibrium fit in? Define and explain. What are the intended outcomes of this treatment and how do they differ from treatment provided to physically abusive families? How would you explain why social workers typically say that neglectful families are the hardest for them to deal with, be successful with, etc? 6-3. When only one child within a family is abused, siblings are often overlooked by the helping agency for treatment planning. Adult victims of child abuse often share that their siblings didnt want any part of it. What treatment needs might these siblings in an abusive family have? In your appraisal, what might motivate siblings to avoid treatment? As a social worker, how would you engage the siblings in your attempt to convince them to join the familys treatment process? 6-4. Child sexual abuse is surrounded in controversy. Society tends to isolate not only the offender but the worker dealing with such issues. Treatment methods are sometimes controversial and limited. First, outline the various types of treatment available for sexual offenders. Which do you feel is likely to be most effective? Defend your view. Review the web page entitled Stories of Hope (http://www.stopitnow.org/storiesofhope). Find Jim or Edwards story and read. After reading one of the Dad stories, answer the following: What impact did this story have on you? Have you changed your position? Explain. 7-1. When we evaluate the effectiveness of foster care (or any item), we also need to be asking: from whos perspective? From the social workers perspective, briefly describe some of the therapeutic components to foster care placement. In your professional opinion, which one do you consider to be most important? Explain. From the foster childs perspective, what would you imagine they might say? View the video entitled Voices of Youth (http://www.kidscount.org/kidscount/video/voices.html). You will meet a group of former and current foster youth who will share some of their views on this topic and help you answer these questions! 7-2. Along with children available for adoption, there is a small, but special needs category of children with varying needs that require safe shelter but are not appropriate for a standard foster home placement. Who are these children? Briefly describe some of these children: what special needs do they have? What makes them inappropriate for basic foster care? What are some of the alternatives available? Are they a good match already or do you have ideas about other options that need to be created? Explain. 7-3. The concept of birth parent/foster parent relationship building is understandably a hard sell. Until very recently, those two sets of parents were, by policy, not allowed to meet or communicate. The premise was, and still is (for many), that there is an inherent conflict of interest on both sides. Interestingly enough, this is the same argument that is raised by those who oppose 'differential response” and 'concurrent planning”. What is your appraisal of this strategy? Do you think it can work? If you were 'in charge”, what would your directives to your staff be? Explain your rationale. View the video located at: http://www.kidscount.org/kidscount/video/making.html. Youll meet and watch birth parents and foster parents working together and hear from them directly as to their reactions to this new approach. After viewing, have you changed your position at all? Share your insights either way. 7-4. There are a myriad of frustrations and pressures for the social worker in protective services. Everyone that he/she works with has a different message based on different needs (see uploaded resource entitled textbook page 360 ). What specifically are some of the frustrations of working on within a bureaucracy? What helps social workers to cope? What are the dangers, and how can one prevent them? Students are encouraged to do a quick search on the topic 'compassion fatigue” for new ideas on coping strategies to share. 8-1. First, view presentation on "How Resiliency Happens" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playerembedded&v=XYbDfm8ZEs4). After viewing the video: Discuss your assessment of the Resiliency Model: is it a viable approach for the child welfare system? What strengths can you identify? What limitations? Were there any points in the presentation that stood out to you? Explain. 8-2. Discuss the ways in which schools are involved in the prevention of child abuse? In what other ways can schools contribute to the prevention of child abuse? 8-3. The current system to protect and serve children and families has its share of weaknesses but also many strengths. Discuss one or more strengths that you see in the current system and explain. What changes should be made in the current helping system to better serve children in the future? 8-4. There seems to be a trend of involving and partnering with offenders in varying degrees to help develop new and more effective prevention strategies. Sex offenders and parents who maltreated their children are two examples. What is your opinion of this strategy? Do you see value in this approach? What concerns, if any, can you identify? Explain.

Juvenile criminal justice system has enforced laws, which govern the rules for determining whether a juvenile criminal is eligible for a sentence or a counseling period is mandatory to alter the behaviors of such individuals. This system has been effectively placed for children less than the age of 21 who have reportedly committed crimes in various forms such as sex offenders; murderers etc (Whitehead & Lab, 2012). In this aspect, several crimes have taken place in USA marking the statistics in the country by 32% of the total juvenile crime statistics (Whitehead & Lab, 2012).

This paper discusses the control of sexual offenses and sexual predators through tighter prosecution means. The measure is greatest in Illinois among 17 States, which have laws against sexual offenses. The State lists a number of felonies and misdemeanors of a sexual nature. Violation of any of these incurs a penalty, which is subjective to the judge. A convict is required to register every year for 10 years or more.

The case of Andrei Chikatilo will go down in criminal justice records as among the most bizarre and bloodthirsty cases in history. Chikatilo was known as "The Beast of the Ukraine," and for good reason.

There are some crimes that are so hideous that there doesn't seem that any chance of rehabilitation would ever be possible. It is commonly the case that the most horrific stories of sexual offenses plague the media. Because of this the public has developed an irrational fear against the sexual offender stereotype which has served as the foundation for harsher and harsher punishments. However, studies of shown that among various sexual offenders that the rate of recidivism was surprising low given the individuals completed a treatment program. Yet most sexual offenders who have complete treatment as well as their sentences and have to abide by a wide range of restrictions that make their lives unduly hard to live. This paper takes an objective look at the punishments and restrictions that are placed against a wide range of different sexual offenders and finds that their punishments and further limitations, in many cases, are far too severe and could actually work to increase the recidivism rate thus making the policies towards this group counterproductive.

The general definition of recidivism is a re-arrest, a reconviction, or a return to prison. On deciding which definition to pick one a number of factors are considered which include the particular research question, the…

Sex Offender laws have encountered constitutional challenges for as long as they have been around. They have withstood these challenges on the idea that sex offender laws are civil or regulatory in nature and not…

There are many criminals who start their "careers" at a very young age, and juvenile crime is growing throughout the US and in other countries. While there are many reasons for crime to take place, mental illness is one of the reasons that juveniles commit crimes. There is a strong correlation between mental illness and juvenile crime, and it is one that should be explored more careful so more youths can be protected, cared for, and helped to live a life that doesn't involve crime.