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Making Sex Offenders Known to the Public

            Should sex offenders be named and shamed? Absolutely. These criminals gave up any right to privacy and living a normal life when they committed these unforgivable crimes. There should be more databases to let people know when a dangerous individual moves into a community and where he lives and works. Most people would want to know when a sexual predator is living in their community. Everyone needs to take every precaution available in order to keep our children and ourselves safe. .
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             Megan's Law according to the Columbia encyclopedia "is a state or federal statute that requires the notification of public organizations and private citizens when a convicted sex offender has been released from prison and is present in the community. Megan's Law was created after the 1994 rape and murder of seven year old Megan Kanka. Megan Kanka was a seven year old girl from New Jersey who was lured to the house of a twice convicted sex offender. He then brutally raped and murdered her and then left her body in a park nearby. Later that day a search party was formed to look for Megan and the man who committed this crime even offered to help look for her. He even eventually led the police to her body. The Kankas had no idea that a twice convicted sex offender was living right down the road. The mother of the girl stated that if she had known this man was living in their neighborhood she would never have let her daughter roam around alone. Megan's Law helps police in investigation, establishes grounds to hold known sex offenders, helps prevent offenders from re-offending, offers important information to the public.
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             There are currently about four hundred thousand registered sex offenders living in the United States. The average age of victims in sex crimes is thirteen years old. In most cases of sex crimes the victims are related to or are friends with their attackers. More than sixty one percent of sex offenders have committed some other crime prior to becoming a sexual offender.


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1. The Long Process of Treating Sex Offenders

Female juvenile offenders account for less that 5 percent of reported sexual offenses, and very little information is known on this population, due to limited sample sizes, and the overall underestimating, that female juveniles are capable of sexual offenses (Kalogerakis, 1992; Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended, n.d.). ... Public policy issues from local and national jurisdictions associated with juveniles, are presumed to be paradoxical to their original intent (Vita, Viljoen, & Petrila, 2009). ... It is presumed that these laws were designed to protect the public, by identifying juvenil...

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2. Megan's Law

Abstract Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. ... Megan's Law authorizes the local law enforcement to notify the public about serious sex offenders and convicted kidnappers that reside, are employed, or frequently visit the community. ... It wasn't until 24 hours after Megan disappeared that the trail would lead back to Jesse and spawned the making of Megan's Law. ... Sex offender registration laws are necessary because: ...

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3. The Sex Trafficking Crisis

There are a few things that can create an outrage among the public, more than sex trafficking. ... The kidnapped girls are also videotaped in the midst of these sexual acts; there are many different ways media can be shown to the public where it does not look like "rape.... Many are coerced into taking, what is popularly known as, date rape drugs so they are physically unable to stop the offender and say no. ... The victims fall into this cycle of falling prey to others, barely making enough to survive. ... The general public is against these institutions and rehabilitation centers f...

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6. Michael Howard - Prison Works

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7. History of Criminal Justice System

His parents decided to tell his probation officer about the diary hoping that his probation would be revoked for a year or two and he would be able to receive intensive sex offender treatment in an institution. ... In 1931, President Herbert Hoover appointed the National Commission of Law observance and Enforcement, commonly known as the Wickersham Commission. ... It consist of more than 55,00 public agencies, and now costs federal, state, and local governments nearly $150 billion for civil an criminal justice; this amounts to more than $500 for every resident in the United States. ... The t...

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