Whom or what laws are protecting our children, when a crime such as carjacking becomes a federal offense and not child molestation. This paper will discuss the meaning of child molestation; discuss who a child molester is, and discuss what happens to child molesters. In addition, this paper discusses some cases of child molestation and their laws and the after affects of children that survived child molestation. Finally, the reasoning for taking child molesters off the streets and putting them away for life, without the possibility of parole. The Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute (2009) defines child molestation is the act of sexually touching a child, boy or girl who is 13 years or younger (para.
Sexual: Sexual abuse is when a person is forced or tricked into taking part in any kind of sexual activity. When sexual contact is non-con-sensual it is abuse. . It can happen to men and women of any age that is both old and young. It can include sexual penetration of any part of the body with a penis, finger or any object, sexual exploitation, making threats about sexual activities, exposure to pornographic material, touching of breast or genitals, kissing, etc Signs & Symptoms; bruises around breasts or genitals, genital infections, unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding, torn, stained, or bloody underwear, disturbed sleep patterns, vulnerable adult appears withdrawn and fearful, inappropriate dressing, etc Emotional/Psychological: is where one person gains power and control over another through words and gestures which gradually undermine the other’s self-respect.
Meliek Whitsett Dr. V Forensic Science 4 November 2013 Serial Killer Project Most serial killers that we know of today often showed signs of becoming a psychopath as a young child. They would start fires, burn things, torture animals, and have fantasies of sexual control. This perfectly matches Dennis Raders childhood. Dennis Rader used to torture animals, by binding them and then hanging them. He also dreamed about sexual fantasies and stole woman’s panties and wore them.
Such exposure to illicit material such as porn has negative effects on the sexual development of children and young adults. Exposure to pornographic material has profound effects on the sexual attitudes and behaviors of its young audience. Viewing material such as pornography during the developmental stages of adolescence is damaging with regards to sexual development along with the attitudinal aspects of sexual activity, healthy relationships with the opposite sex and affecting normal every day functions through its addictive qualities and its ability to desensitize its viewers. Such easily accessible content such as pornographic material its unfortunately finding its way into homes across the nation. Children of all ages are being exposed to illicit material whether it’s a wanted or unwanted exposure.
It is definitely against the law to rape in Michigan. A man can be convicted in Michigan under the rape laws, rape also known as Criminal Sexual Conduct (CSC) as 4 different degrees 1st through 4th degree. CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT 1st Degree CSC (MCL 750.520b --- Felony --- life or any term of years + AIDS~HIV~STD testing): a sexual act involving penetration (sexual intercourse, anal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, intrusion into any other body part or object in genital or anal openings) and any of the following: victim is under 13 years
Senior Pat Hopper is Convicted for Criminal Trespassing By: Erica Goldman 17 March 2012: Yesterday in the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division- Metro County Criminal courts, seventeen year old Pat Hopper was charged with third degree Burglary, fourth degree criminal trespassing, third degree attempted theft/theft and second degree bias theft/attempted theft. However after a long trial, she was only convicted for fourth degree criminal trespassing. Starting off the trial, the prosecution began with their opening argument. Attorney’s Ari, Nikita, and Alex told the jury that they were going to prove Hopper guilty of all the above charges. They said she allegedly entered Mrs. Willson’s (Hopper’s math teacher), home and stole from her
Pornography Is Harmful To Women and Children Let it be known that the purpose of this paper is to argue that pornography is harmful to society, but more specifically women and children. Unlike any other media representation of sex and sexuality, pornography within our postmodern society has become a cultural category of significance. The typical seediness has somewhat become lost but replaced by a society that mainly focuses sexual imagery in almost everything everyone sees. High contents of sexual imagery is used in the advertising and music industries as well as a number of late night television shows. This sudden shift in people’s attitudes towards the use of certain sexual and erotic images in today’s society raises a number of questions that need to be answered in order to better understand the harms it does to society.
Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going? “Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going”, by Joyce Carol Oates is a story that depicts the struggle of a girl coming of age. It is quite a disturbing story that was written by Oates after a magazine article was released about a similar story regarding a serial killer. I think the main theme of the story is the sexual victimization that have been and are facing teenagers in contemporary society.
technical name of the offence, description of the offence and less then half of the web sites list the level of risk of the offender. Increasingly states are including description of the offenders car, license plate, online maps to the offenders residence, name and offenders of the offenders employer, and even click to print fliers for easy distribution. The definition for sex offender means many different things. One type of sex 3 offender could be a rapist while another might be an 18 year old boy having sex with a 15 year old girl. As I had learned just recently that there was a 10 year old caught touching girls 5 years old in ways that he should not have been.
Adolescent sexual offender recidivism: success of specialized treatment and implications of risk prediction. Child Abuse & Neglect, 24(7),