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Predictors of attiudes toward sex offenders [PDF]

, 2016
The current study examined predictors of attitudes toward sex offenders, focusing on Belief in a Just World (BJW) and religiosity as variables that were likely to be related to attitudes toward sex offenders based on previous research.
Davidsen, Stephanie S.
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Registered Sex Offenders and Reported Sex Offenses [PDF]

, 2014
Author's manuscript made available in accordance with the publisher's policy.Geographic restrictions on registered sex offenders (RSOs) have become commonplace. Such policies generally assume that sex offenses are likely to be higher near RSOs.
Ottensmann, John R., Stucky, Thomas D.
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The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Internationally—History, Systems and the Future

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In most countries, a criminal conviction requires evidence that the individual committed the act and that they had the mental capacity to understand what they were doing and that it was wrong. Youth, as an indicator of brain development, is one factor affecting criminal capacity.
Enys Delmage, Philip Anderson, Aileen Blower, Aaron Brown, Mary Davoren, Sofia Enell, Ross Gibson, Ann Karina Henriksen, Diana Johns, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Thimo Martijn van der Pol, Eva Mulder, Sanne Oostermeijer, Mirian S. Orlando, Fleur Souverein, Pamela Taylor, Florence Thibaut, Heidi Hales   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of sex offender classification on reporting demographic characteristics, health, and criminal careers: results from an Australian jurisdiction

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background Cross-sectional and retrospective offence data are often used to classify sex offenders in epidemiological and survey research, but little empirical evidence exists regarding the practical implications of this for applied research.
Mathew Gullotta, David Greenberg, Armita Adily, Jesse Cale, Tony G. Butler   +4 more
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Mapping Sex Offender Addresses: The Utility of the Alaska Sex Offender Registry as a Research Data Base [PDF]

, 2001
The registration of sex offenders was part of a national effort to enhance public safety by permitting law enforcement officials to track the location of convicted sex offenders after their release.
Curtis, Richard W., Godwin, Maurice, Langworthy, Robert H., Schafer, N. E.   +3 more
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Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors. [PDF]

, 2009
Presents population-based epidemiological information about the characteristics of juvenile offenders who commit sex offenses against minors. The authors analyzed data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and provided topical ...
Chaffin, Mark, Finkelhor, David, Ormrod, Richard   +2 more
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Tolerated or Celebrated? Black Men in Doctoral Counselor Education Programs

Counselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Black students face more difficulties when it comes to gaining doctoral degrees compared to other races. However, not enough is known about Black men in doctoral counselor education (CE) programs. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis and guided by Black Critical Theory, we explored the lived experiences of 10 Black men in doctoral CE ...
Demetrius Cofield, Sara Jean‐Philippe, Brittany N. Glover   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Come and Live Like This': An Examination of Australian Legal Perspectives on Child Sex Tourism in Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Bond Law Review
Australians make up a disturbingly high proportion of child sex tourists in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This trend stems from several factors: the economic gap between Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, the absence of psychological restraints ...
Mara Lejins
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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher, Darlene Himick, Leigh Ellen Walsh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Alaska's Sex Offender Registration and Public Notification Statute [PDF]

, 2008
Originally published in the Alaska Justice Forum 25(1–2): 2–5 (Spring/Summer 2008)This article examines the background and judicial interpretation of Alaska's sex offender registration and public notification statute, the new federal requirements for ...
Periman, Deborah
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