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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"sex crime"”.
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THE SEXTORTION PHENOMENON: CREATING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO EFFECTIVELY SAFEGUARD MINOR VICTIMS
… studies the prevalent and complex issue of sextortion, focusing on its detrimental effects on minors. It critically analyzes how this form of exploitation, which involves blackmailing minors for sexual content, sexual activity, or money, unfolds across the digital world. The current legal …
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Sex offenders, sexuality, and social control: A case study in the social construction of a social problem
<p>Legislation regarding sex offenses is often passed swiftly with little to no evaluation of the effectiveness of such policies on preventing recidivism and protecting the public. Further, little criticism is raised despite overwhelming evidence that sex offender registration and community …
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The attitudes and perceptions of the University of Zululand students towards rape victims
… in South Africa have shown alarming scores of crimes committed against women in all sectors of the society. Rape in particular, is among the highest forms of crime experienced by institutions of higher learning. Attitudes towards rape victims have been found to play a major role in influencing …
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Registering Dangerous Strangers: Psychology and Justice in the Politics of the Sex Offender Registry
… to answer the question of how the category of sex offender has been produced to become the primary target in contemporary sex crime control. I examine the period from the 1960s through the 1990s, the period beginning with the rising awareness of child abuse and criminal and psychiatric patient …
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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 …