PHL 2000 12-12-12 Thoughts on Prostitution Throughout modern day society, the action of prostitution is often seen as debatable with respect to different ethical issues. Prostitution can be defined as “The act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money,” and is usually provided as an underground service. Although the practice is illegal in most places, it actually becomes a “viable” job source for many women. The majority of prostitutes are female, mainly from the nature of the job; however men do become prostitutes on occasion. Prostitution raises many ethical issues from it being immoral because it tends to involve coercion, prostitution can be exploitive, it is degrading and involves violence/HIV.
It is a common place to attach labels to criminals in an attempt to explain and better understand their behaviour through describing them as possessing a certain characteristic trait. There is a varied finding on who exactly commits child sexual abuse, but the most common finding that is present in the majority of child abuse cases is that sexual offenders are predominantly family members or are closely regarded or known by the child. People who sexually abuse suffer from emotional immaturity, low self-esteem, an inability to see harm in their actions and lack the knowledge to control their impulses. Often
The causes for children being lest alone or orphaned may be cause by society and not necessarily by accident. Some example of these cause may include parental alcoholism, abuse by the parents, death of parents during armed conflict and poverty. Juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency refers to antisocial or illegal behavior by persons under the age of 18, mostly adolescents. Most legal codes suggest certain procedure for dealing with minors, such as juvenile detention centers. Most, if not all, of the many theories on the causes of crime may be applied to the causes of juvenile delinquency.
Traffickers use several means to prevent victims from escaping. These may range from physical restraint in the form of locks and guards, physical or psychological violence, drugging or by instilling a fear of the police, making the victims believe that they are the offenders. The trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation results in a negative impact on the health and well being of the victims, which could be long term and ultimately life-threatening. Human trafficking prevents victims from attaining physical, mental and social well-being. During the process of being
The Lost Youth of America Every day in the United States runaway/throwaway teens are trafficked for commercial sex. Homeless teens are especially vulnerable to sex traffickers. This population uses sex as a survival mechanism, trading sex for shelter and food. Pimps recognize this vulnerability and utilize it to recruit and exploit minors. Teen homelessness is alarmingly high in the United States.
Several different variables focus on leading adolescents into delinquency such as gender differentials, masculinity hypothesis, family function, impact of family disorders, and two parent households. Psychologists believe that differences in the way females and males are socialized affect their development (Siegel & Welsh, 2006). A current explanation for some gender differences relating to delinquency involves “social statusing”. A status offense is most commonly an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense, but only when committed or engaged in by a juvenile and adjudicated in a juvenile court (Status Offense, 2002). Shopping malls and other public places are witness areas to watch both genders be defiant while being daring, adventurousness, and enjoyment of loud, rough, and risky activities.
This suggests concern for the child’s welfare, but the tone of voice and body language could suggest hostility and desire to get the child out of the way. The theory suggests that repeated exposure to these contradictory messages causes the child to resort to self-deception and to develop a false concept of reality and an
Cases of juveniles being abused both physically and sexually as well as the suffering they endure in adult prisons have been rampant in the world today. Luck of proper facilities, information and law enforcement officers being left at their own discretion to decide on where to hold a minor when they are arrested have largely contributed to this problem. The question that everybody asks is how do you handle underage criminals who are a threat to public safety without exposing them to more harm? Statistics show that majority of the victims who commit suicides in jail are underage. As much as jails are meant to correct bad behaviors, there is a loophole when it comes to distinction between juvenile and adult jail.
On the other hand, it is dysfunctional to the society as it erodes moral values and breaks connecting social norms. It destroys and destabilizes the society as it creates conflicts that may extend to both communities of the assailant and defendant. Assault impacts negatively on social cohesion and interpersonal relationships (Nisbet, 1974). In conclusion, assault is a dreadful social deviance whose dysfunctional features of society far outweigh the functional. Therefore, in order to create a stable and cohesive society, the deviance needs to be controlled or eliminated by postulating and devising tough consequences for
Adults have a hard time making the right judgment calls, imagine the mindset of an emotional immature child? Compared to adults, children are more likely to take haste and depend on their irrational decisions making. This lack of maturity should not be held against the child. Furthermore, we should be protecting and educating our children, not taking out vengeance through irreversible punishments. By punishing a child through the serving of a sentence in an adult prison will only damage the child psyche and cause him to lash out to society.