There are a variety of programs, which when properly targeted, administered, and well-implemented, can actually reduce recidivism and enhance the public safety at large. The author will focus one of those programs that is widely identifiable in correctional facilities across the country as an effective measure in the reduction of recidivism. Female sexual offender treatment, programs for juvenile offenders (family-based programs). In addition to the implementation, risk-focused prevention programs will be identified by employing various tactics and strategies to reduce the influence of risk factors that are associated with criminal conduct. The primary emphasis of these at risk-focused youth prevention programs will be to deliver the message and expose the at risk persons to the programs early in life before law-breaking behavior begins. The author of this paper will discuss the attachment model of intimacy deficits in sexual offenders by drawing upon the interface between the attachment of the media outlets, literature, and social sites, and cognition research. This essay will also briefly discuss the comprehensive model of intimacy deficit disorders and the affect they have in relation to the sexual offender. Keywords: murder, Due process, law enforcement, investigation Criminal Behavior Empirical confidential data obtained and processed on approximately 200 adult female child sexual abusers was analyzed in order to obtain results and to test a number of theoretical proposals with respect to concerns that arose from the role of attachment problems in the onset of female sexual offending. Atkinson, J.L. (1996) Results indicated that the offenders’ parent–child attachment relationships were almost always characterized ... ... middle of paper ... ...sible ways to provide treatment and assistance in an attempt to understand these troubled women. The paper also discussed the interrelation of the differential treatment approach that female offenders receive in relation that received by their male counterparts and how it fails to meet the needs of not only the offenders, but the communities and victims as well. Finally this paper discussed the relationship of the media and the double standard that is afforded to these women who commit sexual offenses. As a society we must develop a better working understanding of the women who perpetrate these sexual offenses. By broadening the understanding of the inner workings of these offenders minds communities, clinicians, and criminologists the necessary tools to better treat, manage , and identify potential problems in this small but complicated sexual offender population.
Witt, P., Greenfield, D., & Hiscox, S. (2008). Cognitive/behavioural approaches to the treatment adult sex offenders. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 36(2), 245-269, retrieved from EBSCOhost
In the event that a prisoner (particularly a sex offender) does complete rehabilitation, he carries with him a stigma upon reentering society. People often fear living near a prior drug addict or convicted murderer and the sensational media hype surrounding released felons can ruin a newly released convict’s life before it beings. What with resident notifications, media scare tactics and general concern for safety, a sex offender’s ability to readapt into society is severely hindered (554). This warrants life-skills rehabilitation applied to him useless, as he will be unable to even attempt to make the right decision regarding further crime opportunities.
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The Recidivism Rate of Juvenile Sex Offenders between Uses of Legal Sentencing as Adults or Utilizing Psychological Treatment
Many resources go into the prevention and management of sex offenders. However, very few effective programs exist that decrease the likelihood of reoffending. Through the use of meta-analyses, Seto and Lalumiere (2010) evaluated multiple studies that examined sex offenders. Emphasis was put on etiological explanations in the hopes of identifying factors associated with sex offending. Seto and Lalumiere’s (2010) findings help in creating effective programs to decrease recidivism rates.
Vandiver, D. M., & Teske, R. (2006). Juvenile female and male sex offenders a comparison of offender, victim, and judicial processing characteristics. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 50(2), 148-165.
Rehabilitate, and develop, both of the utmost substance when observing the ways in which a sex offender registry are and
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Females are increasingly becoming more active in the juvenile justice system and this is said to be happening at alarming rates. It is important to learn more about why and how girls commit crimes so that we may also attempt intervention in an effective manner to prevent potential offenders and rehabilitate the girls who have already committed offenses. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has produced a report that includes a review of how these girls are getting into these situations, how states are dealing with this population of offenders, the national efforts that have taken place to attempt to address the needs of the adolescent female offender including training for individuals who work with these females and a female-based continuum of care model that’s use is recommended in the development of any female program development. This population of offenders requires not special treatment but different treatment than the typical juvenile offender which has been up until recently mostly all male.
Cauffman, E., Grisso, T., & Sickmund, M. Future of Children. (2009) Understanding the Female Offender, 18, 5. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from www.futureofchildren.org
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a promising outlook for the rehabilitation of sex offenders. The therapy is directed towards reconditioning the way a sex offender thinks and operates daily. This makes it possible for offender to apply learned treatment methods and tools to their every day life and more effectively recognize maladaptive thought patterns, which could lead to reoffending. The downside to the therapy is that it relies heavily on the offender to want to change; however, pre-screening into the program helps to ensure only those who want change may participate. In the future there may be more of a shift to the Good Lives Model, which focuses even more on self-worth and self-actualization to make the offender feel important and return to the community as a productive citizen.
In late March of 2005, emails and text messages began to spread of a very serious and new crime tactic used by rapists. There were many variations to the content of the emails and text messages, but the overall message was the same. Apparently, a woman upon leaving her place of work came upon a crying child on the road. When she asked the child what happened, the child replied, “I am lost. Can you take me home please?” Non-suspecting of any foul play she took the child to the address. The woman awoke the next day in an empty house, naked covered in semen with many condoms thrown around the room. What is worse is that she had no recollection of what had occurred the night before. (“Example 2.” Rapist Luring Victims with Crying Baby).
“Sexual Recidivism Among Child Molesters Released from a Maximum Security Psychiatric Institution”, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol.59 (3), June 1991, pp.381-386. American Psychological Association.
Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted(Oakes 99). The latter statistic, in its context, does not convey the severity of the situation. Each year 510,000 children have their childhood's destroyed, possibly on more than one occasion, and are faced with dealing with the assault for the rest of their lives. Sadly, many of those assaults are perpetrated by people who have already been through the correctional system only to victimize again. Sex offenders, as a class of criminals, are nine times more likely to repeat their crimes(Oakes 99). This presents a