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Once a Sex Offender, Always a Sex Offender?
2020Research and policy are primarily concerned with why individuals continue to sexually reoffend. This contrasts with life course criminology, which argues that since desistance from offending is the norm for even serious offenders, research should focus on why individuals do not continue to offend.
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Victims’ Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders and Sex Offender Legislation
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2017It is commonly assumed that victims of sexual abuse feel more negatively toward sex offenders and advocate for harsher punishments than individuals who have not been victimized. This belief was examined by comparing attitudes toward sex offenders and their treatment, support of registration, notification, and residence restriction policies, as well as ...
Susanne, Spoo +6 more
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Sex Offenders and Sex Offending
Crime and Justice, 2007Abstract The prevalence of victimization by sex offenders in the Netherlands is comparable to that of other European countries. For 100 years, there have been major fluctuations in prosecutions for sexual acts against minors. Prosecution and sentencing patterns have been fairly stable in recent years.
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Chemical castration for sex offenders
BMJ, 2010No description ...
Don, Grubin, Anthony, Beech
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Sex Offenders With an Intellectual Disability
Sexual Abuse, 2004It is only in recent years that the myth of the incorrigible and untreatable sex offender with an intellectual disability has been seriously questioned. Current assessment and treatment approaches in this area assume that such offenders are accountable for their actions and treatable with appropriately modified techniques.
Frank, Lambrick, William, Glaser
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1984
Abstract Sex offenders are common among deaf criminals seen for psychiatric evaluation. This has previously been attributed to discretionary handling of deaf criminals within the criminal justice system. The author presents the case of a deaf sex offender which illustrates discretionary handling, but which also suggests altered ...
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Abstract Sex offenders are common among deaf criminals seen for psychiatric evaluation. This has previously been attributed to discretionary handling of deaf criminals within the criminal justice system. The author presents the case of a deaf sex offender which illustrates discretionary handling, but which also suggests altered ...
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British Journal of Psychiatry, 1987
Information on 19 women convicted of indecency and 62 women convicted of other sex offences was examined. Those convicted of indecency offences often had poor social skills and had a high incidence of mental illness, mental handicap and alcoholism. Two were convicted of indecent exposure, a rare offence in women.
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Information on 19 women convicted of indecency and 62 women convicted of other sex offences was examined. Those convicted of indecency offences often had poor social skills and had a high incidence of mental illness, mental handicap and alcoholism. Two were convicted of indecent exposure, a rare offence in women.
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Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2014
Poster presented at the 2008 Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychiatry, Psychotherapie und ...
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Poster presented at the 2008 Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Psychiatry, Psychotherapie und ...
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THE PROBLEM OF THE SEX OFFENDER
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1951From my brief survey it is clear that the whole problem of the sex offender is a most complicated one and involves many fields. All attempts at better diagnosis, treatment, and prevention will require many years of cooperative research by scientists from many different fields. There is no one over-all way of attacking the problem.
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2020
Few populations are as widely misunderstood as sex offenders. Community fear of sex offenders has led to extreme punitive responses to this type of offense. While the phrase “sex offender” conjures images of rape in dark alleys and kidnapping, the largest proportion of sex offenses are actually between people that know one another, whether through ...
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Few populations are as widely misunderstood as sex offenders. Community fear of sex offenders has led to extreme punitive responses to this type of offense. While the phrase “sex offender” conjures images of rape in dark alleys and kidnapping, the largest proportion of sex offenses are actually between people that know one another, whether through ...
Anthony Walsh +2 more
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