Managing sex offenders with punitive measures alone may not be the best way to make communities safer, according to a Deakin University forensic psychology expert.
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2015
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Research into the social and environmental effects on communities that are economically dependent on oil and gas industries has revealed "social dysfunction and biological impoverishment." The research, published in Conservation ...
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2010
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(AP) -- A congressman who sends an X-rated photo of himself jeopardizes his reputation and his job. But in many states, teens caught doing the same thing can risk felony charges, jail time and being branded sexual offenders.
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Jun 13, 2011
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Larry McGowan is a sexual-assault offender, identified through the DNA testing of thousands of rape kits in Cleveland. He's been linked to raping six women—killing one of them—during a 15-year span and is serving a 25-years-to-life ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2020
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The testing of nearly 5,000 forgotten and backlogged rape kits in and near Cleveland has led to investigations, indictments, prosecutions—and, already more than 250 convictions.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2016
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The U.S. government spent an estimated $5.4 billion last year at the state and federal level to incarcerate adults convicted of sex crimes against children under age 18, according to a new study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2022
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(AP) -- Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car, leaving hers behind at the bar.
Internet
Apr 21, 2011
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A new study has exploded four common myths around human trafficking in Australia, debunking the perception that offenders are exclusively male, foreigners, unknown to their victims and use physical force to control them.
Social Sciences
Jun 2, 2022
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Defending his reputation against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual assault, Judge Brett Kavanaugh worked hard, and angrily, to present himself as a respectable man in his statement to the Senate Judiciary ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2018
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Child sex abuse is one of the most heinous criminal offenses, so when a victim becomes an offender, it's evidence of a system failure.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2023
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