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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"sexual crimes"”.
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"Crimes against the Order of the Family, Public Morality, and Decency": Sexual Violence and Jurisprudence in Coahuila, Mexico, 1871-1931
… on how institutions, the law, and litigants of sexual crimes interpreted estupro (seduction/deflowering), rape, and incest crimes in the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila during 1871-1931. The dissertation explores the diverse ways that liberal legislation proved disadvantageous to women …
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Seksualinės prievartos prieš vaikus paplitimas ir prevencija mokyklose /
Sexual crimes against children can take place in any environment and the child can be victimized by anyone, regardless of the child's age and gender. Sexual abuse can take various forms, for example, physical contact (invasive abuse, touching the genitals), attempts to arouse sexual interest in the …
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Juvenile Male Sex Offenders: The Impact Of Family Involvement In Treatment
… to the recidivism of adolescents who commit sexual crimes have received minimal attention in the literature. This study examined the impact of family involvement in treatment variables for adolescent male sex offenders as well as the relationships between family involvement and other …
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An Exploration of Impediments to Attachment in a Juvenile Offender Population: Comparisons between Juvenile Sex Offenders, Juvenile Violent Offenders And Juvenile Non-Sex, Non-Violent Offenders
… incarcerated juveniles who have committed sexual crimes and incarcerated juveniles who have not committed such offenses. The exploration of such potential barriers to attachment has been organized around Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model. Subjects were 2948 incarcerated male adolescents …
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Sexual and Non-Sexual Juvenile Offenders: Developmental Antecedents and Behavioral Outcomes
… study which explores the causes and patterns of sexual aggression by adolescent males incarcerated in residential treatment. The sample of interest included 504 male adolescents who were adjudicated delinquent and sanctioned to residential treatment for the commission of sexual and non-sexual …
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The Underlying Psychophysiology of Pedophilic Disorder and the Implications for Treatment Approaches
<p>Sexual crimes are a persistent and significant social dilemma that continues to plague our society (Lee, Jackson, Pattison, & Ward,2002). Past research has made considerable advancements in terms of the types of interventions that clinicians can utilize when they work with individuals who have a …
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Sexual violence against women and the criminal justice system's response in Malawi
Sexual violence against women is an endemic problem globally. In Malawi, about 21% of women have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives. However, there is limited literature investigating how the Criminal Justice System (CJS) responds to these cases. This thesis explores this …
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The Cyber Crime and Internet and Internet Sexual Exploitation of Children
… the role of technological change in relation to sexual crimes against children, sexual exploitation and potential harm have been expressed in the USA for some considerable time. These have been reflected in a change in legislation with respect to abusive images of children (child pornography) and …
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Sexual Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
<p>"This thesis explores the issue of Sexual Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic of Congo, focusing specifically on the Eastern region of the country. An analysis of the United Nations peacekeeping operation forms a large part the study because the operation remains the most significant …
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The Effects of Perspective-Taking Training on Empathy Development in Adult Male Sex Offenders
… of cognitive distortions predisposing child sexual abuse and rape, and (3) a decreased use of narcissistic defenses. Six tests were administered before and after the empathy modules to measure these constructs. Analysis of Covariance was used to compare the means between the groups. An …
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Crossing the line: an exploration of the experiences of male athletes who commit crimes.
… into the experiences of athletes who commit crimes. Whilst previous links exist between involvement in sport and violent and sexual crimes, a more significant body of empirical evidence is lacking. This thesis adopted a qualitative approach to explore the experiences of athletes who have …
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Jointly modeling time-varying offending profiles and criminal career trajectories in a sample of sexual offenders : A multivariate approach to modelling criminal careers
… key topics of research in criminal careers of sexual offenders: explaining the observed bimodality of the age-crime curve for sexual offenders; determining whether rapists and child molesters follow well-separated, or overlapping criminal career paths; and assessing whether non-contact sexual …
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Evaluating the role of DNA evidence in sexual offence cases in Zambia between 2007 and 2014
Zambia has reported high incidences of sexual abuse against women and children in recent years. Zambian law categorises sexual offences into; rape, defilement, incest and others, with defilement constituting the majority of the cases (>89%). Between 2010 and 2012, only <39% of defilement cases were …
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Social Workers' experiences of forensic practice with victims of child sexual abuse in the City of Cape Town
The prevalent rates of sexual crimes against children in South Africa require forensic social work as a specialised field to assist the criminal justice system to respond effectively to victims' essential needs. This need has led to the employment of social workers in forensic units in the South …
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The Solvability Factors of Volume Crime
… from a dataset of 836,616 robberies, violent crimes, sexual crimes, vehicle crimes and residential burglaries from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) area in London, England over two calendar years (2017-2018). It uses a process of inductive testing to identify likely solvability factors …
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Profil anak pelaku kejahatan seksual di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kelas II A Anak Blitar
… berupa harapan-harapan setelah keluar. ENGLISH: Sexual abuse is a sadistic act to the victim and society. The victim can be from both man and woman. On the other side, the abuser can be done by adults or children. The sexual abusers have their own specialties, starting from triggering factor to …
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College Students’ Punitive Attitudes toward Five Types of Sex Offenders: Examining Factors that Influence Punitive Preferences
<p>The purpose of this study is to examine college students’ punitive attitudes toward five different types of sex offenders. In addition, various factors that influence college students’ punitive attitudes will be measured in order to assess their significance. Surveys were administered to a total …