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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Sex crimes"”.
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Law enforcement dilemmas in the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors
… associated with the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors. Data collected from a national sample of law enforcement agents provide insights into complications of three types of cases: (1) Internet crimes against identified victims, (2) Internet solicitations to undercover law …
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Differences in Offending Patterns between Adolescent Sex Offenders High or Low in Callous and Unemotional Traits
Adolescents commit nearly one-fifth of the sex crimes each year. Among those offenders exists a group of adolescent sex offenders with callous and unemotional (CU) traits who seem to show a more severe pattern of sexual offending. The current study attempts to test the importance of these traits by …
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Female Sexual Offenders-an Underexamined Population
Sex crimes are considered to be among the most damaging and heinous forms of social deviance in existence. Besides the acts perpetrated by the offenders, the social stigma attached to being victimized is often just as injurious to the victim. Society sees males as the sole perpetrators of acts of …
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Capital Punishment And Race Disparities In The Modern Era: An Empirical Analysis
… historical executions of black males for general sex crimes, as well as historical lynchings by state and county of conviction. Lastly, implications are examined for future death penalty research and generally for understanding capital punishment’s modern usage in relation to its sordid history. …
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Women as Perpetrators: Male Rape
… of literature exists on female experiences of sexual violence; for decades feminist academics have researched the topic, portraying rape as an abuse of power used to dominate females in a society governed by patriarchy (DuToit, 2012). Research, campaigns, and activism has given women a platform …
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SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF SEX OFFENDERS
… welfare will almost unavoidably be exposed to sexual trauma. This requires that social workers are prepared to understand and work with those who have been sexually abused, as well as the perpetrators of sex crimes. The purpose of this study was to explore social work students’ perceptions of …
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Towards a policy on naming and shaming of sex offenders in Botswana: lessons learnt from South Africa and United States of America
Sexual violence is one of the most pressing social and human rights issues facing Botswana today and as a result Batswana have demanded greater justice and punishment for sex offenders. The Government of Botswana have purportedly found the legislative solution for the problem of sexual violence in …
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A phenomenological inquiry into the lived experiences of adult male perpetrators of child sexual abuse
… experiences of adult male perpetrators of child sexual abuse. The study indicated that child sexual abuse is a global problem that has significant consequences for public health, that has been a prominent topic for public concern for more than a decade, but many basic facts about the problem …
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Going Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age
… media technologies to capture and perpetuate sexual abuse. Focusing on instances of high-profile juvenile sexual assault, I use case studies, interviews, focus groups, and thematic media analysis to investigate (a) how crime, gender, status and technology intersect for young people growing up …
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Preventing Sexual Violence Where It Most Often Occurs: An Investigation of the Situational and Structural Components of Child Sexual Abuse in Residential Settings
<p>Given that sex offenders tend to perpetrate crimes against people they know (e.g., Greenfield, 1997) and first encounter victims in residential locations (Colombino, Mercado, Levenson, & Jeglic, 2011), it is important that research examine the circumstances of sexual offenses within residential …
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Personality changes among sex offenders at San Quentin
… problem is, what personality changes occur in sex offenders at San Quentin Correctional Institution between the entrance Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the pre-parole Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.</p>
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Sexual politics and resistance to law reform: a critique of the South African Law Commission report on women and sexual offences in South Africa
… Commission published a Report entitled Women and Sexual Offences in South Africa. 1 The Report is the result of almost 3 years' research initiated at the request of the Minister of Justice in 1982. During the period 1979-1981 public attention in South Africa was drawn dramatically to the crime of …
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A study to find out the perception of factors that have led to the occurrence of child sexual abuse in Lusaka Urban District
Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a growing public health issue of international concern that requires immediate attention. A total of 45.3% of Zambia's population are children. This study was looking at the perception of factors that have led to the occurrence of Child Sexual Abuse in Lusaka Urban …
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A comparative study of compliant and non-compliant sexual offenders in the state of Tennessee
Sexual offenders have been identified as a group of criminals who must be monitored even after their release from prison or after completion of parole. This is accomplished by requiring sexual offenders to comply with registration requirements such as checking in with law enforcement agents on a …
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A study on adolescent's knowledge and perception of the effects of sexual abuse in Lusaka, Zambia
… knowledge of the causes and effects of sexual abuse. It also sought to establish their perception of the scourge. The main areas assessed included the definition of sexual abuse, it's effects to the victims and their perception—of sexual abuse.A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a …
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A study on adolescent's knowledge and perception of the effects of sexual abuse in Lusaka, Zambia
… knowledge of the causes and effects of sexual abuse. It also sought to establish their perception of the scourge. The main areas assessed included the definition of sexual abuse, it's effects to the victims and their perception—of sexual abuse.A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a …
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Civil: "prescripción adquisitiva" y penal: "violación sexual de menor de edad"
Materia: Prescripción adquisitiva de dominio Nº de Expediente: 24142-2009. Materia: Penal Nº de Expediente: 03491-2014
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Examination of the Predictive Validity of Risk Assessment Screening
<p>Child Protective Services ( CPS) have been under growing pressure to implement risk assessment systems over the past ten years (Dueck, H. J., English, D.J., Depanfilis, and Moote, G.T. (1993). This emphasis has come largely from the increasing number of reported allegations of child abuse and …
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Self-defeating behaviors in sexual offenders: Exploring factors of social support and motivation to change
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Sexual and gender-based violence and its effects on married women: A case of Ngombe compound in Lusaka district
Sexual and gender-based violence is not only a pervasive and extensive worldwide problem but also a human rights violation. This fact is acknowledged by the UN. This study was conducted from September to November 2013 in Ngombe Compound which is an unplanned settlement in Lusaka City of Zambia. …
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