Sex Offenders Sex offense is one of the most common and frightening crimes that often catch our attention due to its harshness and high level of publicity in today’s society. Whether it is men, women, or children, almost everyday we turn on our news channels and hear stories about someone being sexually assaulted. Sex offenses can range from minor incidents such as sending explicit messages or photos over media, to major incidents such as rape. No sex offender shares the exact pattern as another sex offender. They can focus on one victim, or multiple victims. There are numerous myths in society today, such as: all sex offenders are men (false), most victims do not know their offender (false), individuals rape because they cannot find consenting …show more content…
Although there is a high number of registered sex offenders, there is no way that all sex offenders have been caught due to the fact that their victims are often too afraid to come forward and …show more content…
Let’s be honest . . . when someone mentions a sexual abuse crime the first picture that comes to mind is a big man assaulting a petite woman, but that is not always the case. In more recent years, it has become more common to see a female teacher having relations with a student, but rarely do we hear about a man being assaulted on the street and raped by a woman. It’s really almost comical to imagine because it is so out of gender norms. Society as a whole holds female offenders to a much lesser evil than male offenders. Sexual offenses committed by women are likely underestimated and under-reported. According to Figure 2 we notice that women offenders are typically victims of previous abuse, whether it is physical, sexual, or emotional. Women who were hospitalized with prior psychiatric issues were found to be likelier than men to commit sexual offenses. We notice that women were found to also be more likely to have prior suicide attempts. The only instance where men have a greater percentage is the substance use history. Male offenders were found to be more likely than women to rely on substances (West 733). It can be established that women and men’s offenses are comparable. Although this is true, society fails to acknowledge women and men sex offenders with the same attitude. Society has set the gender role of an older woman seducing a teenage boy as a rite of passage rather than a sexual offense
From the Criminal Defense Lawyer page about Aggravated Sexual Assault Charges and Penalties, it states that sentences can be from five to fifteen years depending on the state or the severity of the assault, and 20 years to a possible life sentence if the victim is under the age of 16, depending on the severity of the crime. On another website called The Odyssey Online about Sexual Assault Cases, it has a statistic pie chart that says: For every 100 rapes in the United States, 46 people will report it, 12 will result in an arrest, nine will be prosecuted, five will result in a conviction, and only three will serve one day or more in jail. This is an absolutely frightening statistic. Less than half of rapes will be reported and only three offenders will serve a day or more in jail. This statistic needs to change for this problem to have a chance of being solved.
Megan’s Law was created in 1994 in honor of Megan Kanka a seven-year-old who lived in Township, New Jersey that was coaxed into a known pedophile's house while outside her home riding her bike with the promise of seeing a new puppy. (Schapiro, 2014) Therefore, she was raped and murdered by this known pedophile who lived in her community named Jesse Timmendequas. Megan Kanka’s body was discovered in Mercer County Park. (Schapiro, 2014)
Introduction: When looking at female offenders and the perceptions people form of them, all the contributing factors, such as upbringing, lifestyle, and possible biological differences and/or abnormalities must be looked at. Females have always been perceived, handled and treated differently from men. The case of Stacey Schoeck will be used to compare her experiences with other female offenders as well as the male offender population. Stacey Schoeck’s Background and Criminal Case: The Valentine’s Day murder of 2010 became notorious in the media when it was discovered that the 38 year old wife of Richard Schoeck, 46, had hired a hit man to kill him.
A sex offenders register for identification and keeps evidence and tracks anything down. Any one valuable will need to be protected by sex
For many of years, many researchers and the justice system have seen a big increase in women being incarcerated. As stated in the article "Should the Criminal Justice System Treat female Offender Differently," by Jill L. Rosenbaum many of the offenses by women are less violent and most likely be “status offense. ”As we notice the increase in women and a decrease in men, we wonder if there a psychological reason for this discovery. Should women be treated differently?
Megan’s Law is a federal law that has changed the course of the criminal justice system in the United States of America. Prior to Megan’s law, convicted sex offenders were able to easily re-offend due to lack of public notification. In the year 2000, it is estimated that there were more than 248,000 sexual victimizations and over an 8-year period in the United States there were 366,460 attempted or completed rapes and sexual assaults (Welchans, 2005). The prevalence of sexual assault, rape, and pedophilia in the United States has sparked a large conversation over the last decade, which has led to the creation of several laws, including Megan’s Law. This analysis of Megan’s Law will focus on the positive aspects that implementing this law has
The article explains how sexual assault continues to be a problem until this very day. When someone is sexually assaulted, it is very hard for them to cope with the fact that someone has touched them in the wrong way. For the ones who commits the assault, it will only become worse for them. A National Study says, “The main source of inmates’ knowledge of prison sex appears to come from their conversations with other inmates”(Response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act). Some inmates could portray the role of acting as if they are there for the victim to talk to, but there are other things that could result from this.
It includes lesser sex crimes like, video voyeurism of a minor, lewdness, or non-violent sexual contact with anyone over 18 or possession or receipt of child pornography. Within Tier 1, there are also some more harmless offenses like urinating in public or streaking. If the offender with a Tier 1 has a clean record he/she may reduce the registration time from 15 to 10 years. It is required by law for sex offenders to appear in person every certain time to have a picture taken and verify registry information. Tier I sex offenders must appear every year, Tier II sex offenders every six month, and Tier III sex offenders every three months.
It is noted that the criminal justice system is designed and primarily operated by men, and that reflects and reinforces traditional gender roles and expectations. (Carlen, 2013) which can act as an explanation as to why women are treated with such a lack of empathy, even to such extents that incarcerated women are subject to mental health problems which highlights disparities between both genders in the handling of them within penal systems. This
Sexual offenders are and have always been a massive issue within society. Committing crimes against some of the most vulnerable members of society is something that has always been seen as taboo. Dating back to 1994, this was where the first law was passed surrounding sexual offenses. Being the first version of the law, this was named the Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994. This law required every state to maintain a registry of sexual offenders, but it was only available to law enforcement personnel.
“Teenager’s Jailing Brings a Call to Fix Sex Offender Registries,” is an article written by Julie Bosman, and published by the New York Times Newspaper. The article is written about a 19-year-old named Zachery Anderson who is listed on a sex offender registry for life. The cause of this was talking to an under aged female through a dating app called “Hot or Not.” Although, Zachary Anderson did not know that the girl who had lied about her being 17, was actually 14, he later plead guilty to what had happened. Reading this newspaper article had me thinking about all sorts of things, whether it was about the fact that Zachary had sex with a female who was under the age of consent in Michigan or the fact that he was put on the sex offender registry.
Did you know that there are roughly 165,824,620 women currently alive in the United States as of this year, women make up about 50.6% of the population? But did you also know that there are 219,000 women locked up in our current Criminal Justice System? Where nationally, we lock up 8 times the amount of woman than we do men. That’s a lot of mothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts locked up. Many of these woman that are currently incarcerated have at some point in their lives experienced some sort of mental, physical, and sexual abuse.
Women are known as the forgotten offender. Within the educational and vocational programs there is definitely a lack between male programs and programs for female offenders. Women typically have traditional educational and vocational programs such as classes on home economics and parenting classes versus men who have programs that lead to skills that can be related to jobs. Another forgotten thing is mini correctional facilities policies do not understand the importance of the bond between mother and child. For this there is a fear that most women who give birth in jail believe that the long separation period the mother and the child may not be able to reconnect with each other.
As a parent, I want to be very aware of the sexual offenders who may be near my children. The sexual registry list is a good tool that
Society doesn 't talk about the feelings of the registered sex offender because once you are considered such, there isn 't much sympathy for these but there are individuals who views sexual assault differently. For example, including to an anonymous blogger Emily, she expresses herself very openly about her thoughts about sex offenders. She states that she feels much sympathy for sex offenders especially ones who are exposed on social media because she read the comments where people are wishing death upon them. She reads comments where people are wishing that registered sex offender 's commit suicide or be raped in prison. She also reads people threatening to use the sex offender application to target sex offenders.