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Sex Offenses—Offensive Sex: Some Observations on the Recent Reform of Ecclesiastical Penal Law

Religions, 2022
In recent years, the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults in the Catholic Church has received much attention. This is also true of the related changes to ecclesiastical legislation.
Judith Hahn
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Sex Offenses: The British Experience [PDF]

Law and Contemporary Problems, 1960
It is now widely recognized, as Sir Norwood East has remarked, that "among ,the flotsam of modern society sexual offenders require special consideration."l But certain questions concerning the way in which they should be handled by the criminal law, and whether and how far they should be regarded as amenable to treatment or fit subjects for ...
Williams, J. E. Hall
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Sex Offenses: A Clinical Approach [PDF]

Law and Contemporary Problems, 1960
It: is assumed in this article that a clinical approach to the problem of the sex offender based on genetic-dynamic considerations would add to our understanding of this problem. The material contained in this presentation has been familiar to students of the subject for a very long time, and a thorough acquaintance with it constitutes an indispensable
Glueck, Bernard, Sr.
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Registered Sex Offenders and Reported Sex Offenses [PDF]

Crime & Delinquency, 2014
Geographic restrictions on registered sex offenders (RSOs) have become commonplace. Such policies generally assume that sex offenses are likely to be higher near RSOs. Yet, few ecological studies have examined this question empirically. The current study examines whether incidences of reported sex offenses are higher in proximity to the addresses of ...
Stucky, Thomas D., Ottensmann, John R.
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Sex Offenses: An Anthropological Perspective [PDF]

Law and Contemporary Problems, 1960
When examining the controls that are imposed upon a type of behavior in our society, it may be useful to have before us a general perspective, a frame of reference obtained from a study of a number of societies quite different from our own. To provide this frame of reference as a background for the assessment of controls imposed upon sex behavior in ...
Ford, Clellan S.
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Sex Offenses: A Sociological Critique [PDF]

Law and Contemporary Problems, 1960
Issues raised by sex offender legislation cut across a number of problems that are of interest to law, psychiatry, and the social sciences. Three problems are selected for brief review in this paper. The first concerns the basis for deciding what types of sex relationships should be subject to legal restraint.
Wheeler, Stanton
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The Stigmatization of Individuals Convicted of Sex Offenses: Labeling Theory and The Sex Offense Registry [PDF]

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science, 2014
The sex offender registry currently lists over half a million U.S. citizens as sex offenders. Modern day legislation directed toward sex offenders was born in an era of public fear and rash decision-making. Terrible consequences have since been identified as resulting from the labeling of sex offenders via the registry.
Schultz, Carla
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Physicians Disciplined for Sex-Related Offenses [PDF]

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998
Physicians who abuse their patients sexually cause immense harm, and, therefore, the discipline of physicians who commit any sex-related offenses is an important public health issue that should be examined.To determine the frequency and severity of discipline against physicians who commit sex-related offenses and to describe the characteristics of ...
C E, Dehlendorf, S M, Wolfe
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Sex Offenses: An Ethical View [PDF]

Law and Contemporary Problems, 1960
"St. Paul's advice is as sound today as it was two thousand years ago," says Morris Ploscowe. "It would be a great deal better if men and women remained continent sexually or got married and then adhered to their marriage vows. Much emotional disturbance, human misery, crime, disorder, and illegitimacy would be averted if humanity could abide by St ...
Fletcher, Joseph
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Sex Offenses: The Scandinavian Experience [PDF]

Law and Contemporary Problems, 1960
Despite the broad assumption that there is a special emancipation in sexual matters in Scandinavia, there is still in many circles a tendency to deprecate sex problems and generally to de-emphasize the importance of sex in life. Nevertheless, it is clear that great changes have occurred in the thinking of large segments of the population during the ...
Sturup, Georg K.
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