CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Interstate 195 (Florida), Libido, Sex Education
1 Dec 2016
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Crim 103 - lecture 12 - sex offender policy, risk assessment, public health approach. Policies based on few high profile cases. Paul tappan (1951, 1955) - false assumptions. Sos don"t usually progress from minor to serious sex crimes. No empirical evidence to support effectiveness of indeterminate. Critiques of clinical model + feminist movement. Feminists - all sex crimes are males" attempt to dominate females. Sexual deviant -> domestic/misogynistic treatment/rehab -> just desert - focus on punishing indiv, no treatment. Focuses on offence itself, gets more accurate representation of what sex crimes actually are. Extension of incarceration after sentence has been served. General process of crime on criminal justice policy. Creation of policies to prevent specific crime. Within us, sos are on publicly accessible national database. Low risk (15 yrs); moderate risk (25 yrs); high risk (life) Police notify public when high risk sex offender enters community & police monitor. Applied to risk offenders at risk to children.
