Classing Sex Offenders: How Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys Differentiate Men Accused of Sexual Assault

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie L. Small
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Defense Attorneys

scholarly journals Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Statutory Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Mia J. Abboud ◽  
Guangzhen Wu ◽  
Amelie Pedneault ◽  
Mary K. Stohr ◽  
Craig Hemmens
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
News Media ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
State Law ◽  
Child Sexual Assault ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Age Of Consent ◽  
Educator Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Definition Of

Educator sexual misconduct is a problem that has gained increased attention because of the high-profile cases reported by the news media. Yet, the diversity in state law regarding this offense remains somewhat unexplored. In this article, we compare and evaluate state statutory provisions regarding educator sexual misconduct; our focus is on what constitutes educator sexual misconduct, and what penalties are provided for offenders. As such, we explore the differences and similarities in statutory provisions across states in terms of the definition of child sexual assault, the age of consent, the penalties for various types of sexual misconduct perpetrated by teachers, and any requirement for registration as sex offenders. Our findings indicate that though the number of applicable statutes has almost doubled since 2010, there remains a wide variety in the definition and penalties included in those laws, and 21 states have not chosen to enact a specific law at all.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Whittier
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Government Surveillance ◽  
The Military

Chapter 5, the book’s conclusion, draws comparative theoretical lessons from all three cases. It discusses six features of relationships between frenemies: risks to participants’ reputation; reliance on hybrid or compromise frames or goals; focus on single-issue or specific goals; the importance of emotional and personal narratives; lack of more extensive collaboration or institutionalization of the relationships; and outcomes that depend on the relative power of participants. The chapter discusses implications for ongoing policy regarding sex offenders, sex trafficking, and government surveillance. The paths of activism around the case studies have influenced recent issues of sexual assault, including in the military, in colleges and universities. Feminists have influenced these developments, but not alone. Frenemies, including both feminists and conservatives, continue to be engaged in these issues and to shape their paths.

Confessions of sex offenders: extracting offender and victim profiles for investigative interviewing

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Beauregard ◽  
Irina Busina ◽  
Jay Healey
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Investigative Interviewing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Offender Profiling ◽  
Sexual Assault Case ◽  
Case Characteristics ◽  
Offender Profile

Purpose Although offender profiling has been cited as an effective tool to interview suspects, empirical profiling methods have completely excluded interviewing suggestions when testing the validity of this technique. The purpose of this paper is to explore the utility of empirically derived profiles of offender- and victim-related sexual assault case characteristics (n=624) in the preparation of the interrogation strategies in sexual assault investigations. Design/methodology/approach Latent class analysis was used to extract profiles of offender- and victim-related sexual assault case characteristics in a sample of 624 incarcerated sex offenders. Moreover, relationships between offender and victim profiles were conducted using χ2 analyses. Findings Findings show that specific offender-victim profiles are related to greater likelihood of confession during the interrogation. Possible interrogation strategies for each profile are suggested and implications for the practice of interviewing suspects are discussed. Originality/value The study is the first to examine both victim and offender profiles in order to assess the significant victim-offender profile combinations and their associated probabilities of resulting in confession.

Victim representation for sexual history evidence in Ireland: A step towards or away from meeting victims’ procedural justice needs?

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Iliadis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Sexual History ◽  
Criminal Trials ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
Assault Victims ◽  
High Level ◽  
Criminal Justice Professionals

Sexual assault cases have historically resulted in persistent victim dissatisfaction with, and alienation from, the prosecution process. As a result, some adversarial jurisdictions have moved contentiously towards integrating victim participation rights within the legal process to address sexual assault victims’ procedural and substantive justice concerns. The introduction of section 34 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 (IRE), which allows a victim to access state-funded legal representation to oppose a defendant’s application for the introduction of the victim’s sexual history evidence in court, is one such example. Drawing from five interviews conducted with high-level criminal justice professionals, legal stakeholders and victim support workers, and an analysis of primary source documents, including legislation and reports, this article argues that, although section 34 represents a unique response to the problems raised by the use of a victim’s sexual history evidence in criminal trials, its shortcomings may hinder its capacity to improve sexual assault victims’ procedural justice experiences in ways unanticipated from its introduction.

Support for the Death Penalty in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault: Variation between Victim Age Categories

2020 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2098374
Author(s):  
Rick Dierenfeldt ◽  
Samantha Scott ◽  
Gale Iles ◽  
Jared Rosenberger ◽  
Merideth Smith
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
College Major ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Political Affiliation ◽  
Biological Sex

Research exploring attitudes toward the death penalty is common in the field of criminal justice. Additionally, a substantial body of literature has examined public perceptions of sex offenders and punishment in the U.S. Unfortunately, few studies have sought to examine perceptions of the death penalty in relation to sexual offending. This study contributes to the literature by examining perceptions of the college students at a mid-sized university in the Southeastern United States as they relate to support for the death penalty in cases of sexual assault across victim age categories. Findings suggest that respondent perceptions are shaped by biological sex, political affiliation, college major, fear of crime, and parents’ level of education, and these relationships are uniform across victim age categories. Further, support for the death penalty appears inversely related with victim age.

scholarly journals Predicting rapist type based on crime-scene violence, interpersonal involvement, and criminal sophistication in U.S. stranger rape cases

2021 ◽  
pp. 146135572110365
Author(s):  
Indy SK Mellink ◽  
Elizabeth L Jeglic ◽  
Glynis Bogaard
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Crime Scene ◽  
Offender Profiling ◽  
Archival Database ◽  
Serial Rapists

Stranger rape cases are one of the most difficult sexual assault crimes to solve for law enforcement. This study aimed to compare crime-scene characteristics between serial rapists and single-victim rapists in stranger rape cases and build a predictive model to predict rapist type. An archival database of released sex offenders included 385 who committed stranger rapes. Of those, 244 were single-victim rapists and 141 were serial rapists. The single-victim rapists were significantly more likely to have violently themed crime-scene characteristics than serial rapists, whereas serial rapists were significantly more likely than single-victim rapists to engage in criminally sophisticated behavior and induce participation from their victims. A logistic regression using 10 crime-scene characteristics correctly identified 75.8% of cases as perpetrated by either single-victim or serial rapists. The most significant predictors of rapist type were whether the offender digitally penetrated their victim, whether the offender choked their victim, whether they were at a new/unknown location or whether they threatened their victim. The implications of these results are that they benefit law enforcement in the investigation of stranger rape cases by potentially narrowing down their suspect pool and add to the classification of stranger rapists in offender profiling literature.

scholarly journals Sex Offender Characteristics: Analysis Based on a Sample of Hungarian Prisoners

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Mihaly Somogyvari
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Violent Offenders ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Offender Characteristics ◽  
Characteristics Analysis

The present study introduces the differences in sex offender groups primarily from the perspective of prison, focusing on the attributes that determine placement, safety, and the conditionality of therapeutic programs. The study is primarily based on the risk analysis and registration database of the Hungarian Prison Service. The result of the study is that perpetrators of sexual abuse against children, and perpetrators of sexual assault against adults showed significant differences in each reintegration needs and in-prison risks, including their background and childhood, in-prison and out-of-prison vulnerability, integration issues, suicide risk, and other areas. Those who abuse children show a unique picture different from all other groups of offenders, while violent sex offenders targeting adults show similarities in most areas to violent offenders in the control group.

Undetected Recidivism among Rapists and Child Molesters

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nicholas Groth ◽  
Robert E. Longo ◽  
J. Bradley McFadin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Child Molesters ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Recidivism Rate ◽  
Sexual Offenses ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
Low Visibility

Although recidivism among dangerous sexual offenders is generally reported to be low, clinical experience suggests otherwise. In order to assess the actual recidivism rate of offenders who commit sexual as saults, we administered to a sample of eighty-three convicted rapists and fifty-four convicted child molesters an anonymous questionnaire in which they were asked a series of questions pertaining to their his tory of sexual offenses. The results indicate that the majority of the offenders had been convicted more than once for a sexual assault. Furthermore, on average, they admitted to having committed two to five times as many sex crimes for which they were not apprehended. This study suggests that dangerous sex offenders usually commit their first sexual assault during adolescence, and that they persist in this criminal behavior, but that the offense has low visibility. For this reason recidivism, as judged by rearrests, is not a dependable measure of rehabilitation of the sexual offender.

Percentage of Named Offenders on the Registry at the Time of the Assault

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 1374-1382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah W. Craun ◽  
Catherine A. Simmons ◽  
Kristen Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Limitation ◽  
Case Files

Sex offender registries were designed to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and future sexual violence. This study determines the percentage of clients seen at a sexual assault agency whose attacker was on the registry at the time the attack occurred. According to case files, only 3.7% of the identified offenders could possibly have been identified as a registered sex offender at the time of the attack. While considering the limitations of this methodology, the findings highlight a significant limitation of registries and support the idea that registries cannot be relied on exclusively to prevent sexual abuse.

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