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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"sexual offenses"”.
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Sexual offenses on campus: Challenges in the disciplinary system
… for inadequate policies and processes to address sexual violations on campus. Despite progressive policy revisions and advocacy at South African universities over the years, there is no indication of either a reduction in the number of cases or an increase in confidence in institutional responses …
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Rethinking the sexual offenses exception to previous consistent statements: An evaluation of sections of 58 and 59 of SORMA.
… in sections 58 and 59 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 (SORMA) could be reconciled with the aims and objectives of the legislation. It also considered whether these rules improved the position that previously existed under the common law. …
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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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The Incarcerated Female Offenders: A Study of Inmates of Julia Tutwiler Prison.
… crimes usually associated with females, such as sexual offenses (usually prostitution) and theft, but also in more serious crimes such as homicide, robbery, and aggravated assault. 
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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
… that research examine the circumstances of sexual offenses within residential settings. Although previous research has examined the perpetration patterns of sexual offenses against children, especially related to grooming tactics (e.g., Conte, Wolf, & Smith, 1989) and situational factors …
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The uninvestigated factors: Dimensions of personality and psychopathology in sex offenders
… characteristics, psychopathology, and sexual offenses can contribute to developing more effective treatment interventions. Previous research with sex offenders has focused on general personality traits or inconsistently classified sex offenders based on psychopathology. It was …
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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 Importance of Differentiating Between Traits of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Callous and Unemotional Traits
… callous and unemotional traits, and problematic sexual behaviors that can result in involvement in the juvenile justice system. The need to differentiate between these traits and better understand their impact on response to treatment within treatment facilities for offenders is highlighted. This …
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Risk assessment of convicted child pornography offenders in Iceland 2000-2017
… is known about CP offending than other types of sexual offenses against children. To decrease the likelihood of further sexual offending it is important to gain information on observed risk to better plan offender’s treatment and supervision. In this pilot study the aim was to identify a sample …
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La cárcel y el control del delito en Navarra entre el Antiguo Régimen y el Estado liberal
… treatment of women who were punished for sexual offenses and from the development of the para-criminal philanthropinism towards prisoners (undoubtedly, promoted after the visit of John Howard to Pamplona in 1783): these are threads between the long proto-criminal stage and the liberal …
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Sex, Violence and the Female Sex Offender
… offender is any female who engages in criminal sexual penetration, and/or criminal sexual contact with a minor and is charged with a criminal offense within a court of law (New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules, Unannotated, 2012) Early research purports that there is a high prevalence of male sex …
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Assumptions underlying behavioral linkage revisited: A multidimensional approach to ascertaining individual differentiation and consistency in serial rape
… evidence to help link and solve serial offenses has been in use for centuries, the empirical and theoretical grounds for whether and how to use this evidence effectively has begun to emerge only in recent years. In order for behavioral crime linking to be validated, two base assumptions …
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Perceptions Of Legal Policy And Sex Offender Treatment
… myths about sex offenders than the reality of sexual offenses and treatment. These perceptions have also had a role in shaping psychological treatment of sex offenders through enacted policies and public support, or dissent, for community treatment centers, half-way houses, or residency …
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Parental Involvement in Family Therapy for Adolescents who Sexually Offend
Adolescents commit between 30% and 50% of the sexual offenses against young children in the United States. Adolescents who complete specialized treatment for sexual offending, including family therapy, have lower rates of sexual recidivism. Despite the evidence that including families in …
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Essays on the Economics of Labor and Criminal Justice
… of certain non-serious, non-violent, and non-sexual offenses (1170(h) offenders) from state prisons to county jails. We leverage quasi-random variation across California counties in the pre-AB109 jail capacity and number of 1170(h) offenders assigned to local supervision to measure the average …
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Essays in Local Governance: Studies of Policy Choices, Resource Management, and Community Impacts
… of certain non-serious, non-violent, and non-sexual offenses (1170(h) offenders) from state prisons to county jails. We leverage quasi-random variation across California counties in the pre-AB109 jail capacity and number of 1170(h) offenders assigned to local supervision to measure the average …