Sex Crimes

SEX CRIMES IN AMERICA TODAY
Angela Andrews 11/26/2012

SEX CRIMES IN AMERICA TODAY Did you know that before you reach the age of twenty-five you or someone you know will be a victim of a sexually assault?
Sex crimes has increased in America due to the fact that offenders have a way to slip through the judicial system sex offending behaviors increase the chances that someone will commit these crimes and also increases the risk that the person will re-offend.Sex offenders tell themselves and others that this behavior is not really harmful. They may claim that the victim enjoyed and wanted the behavior or initiated the sexual contact, or that women are merely sex objects who deserve mistreatment.
According to the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Websitesexual assaults has been on the raise since 2011 report, and increases more with every year that passes. That is because sex offenders feel like they have done nothing wrong and have no remorse.
The state of mind of most sex offender’s sex offenders is not mentally ill. In fact many are subject to substance abuse, abnormal personality traits, personality disorder, learning disability or dysphonic mood and some other factors will be involved. Sex offenders often feel justified by doing these sexual acts they tell themselves that the victims somehow wanted it or the victim started it first. The understanding of sexual offenders may come from range perspectives including gender, age, relationships, and pass childhood experiences. Most people use cognitive distortions to some extent. To avoid feeling guilty about what they are doing for example, someone may make excuses for diving too fast or for cheating on a diet. However these types of distortions are much different from those used by sex offenders. Unacceptable sex acts varies between societies and society over a period of time. Gender, age, relationship aggression the definition of consent and location all influence weather a particular sexual act is considered to be legal or illegal (Grubin, 1992). Offenders often lack empathy for its victims. They find nothing wrong with what they do. Assessment of the offender must include a psychosexual history of both sexual fantasy and sexual behavior, but self-report is often unreliable. It is important to detect indicators of hyper sexuality (for example, frequent masturbation and numerous sexual partners) and of sexual preoccupation or rumination (frequent or intrusive sexual fantasies, or subjectively uncontrollable sexual urges). The nature of the individual’s fantasy life may indicate the presence of a paraphilia. Where a paraphilia is diagnosed, the frequency and level of intensity of the sexual fantasies should be assessed, including any escalation towards acting out the fantasies. In cases of mental illness, evaluation should determine whether the deviant fantasies developed concurrently with it, or preceded it and later became incorporated into it (Baker & White, 2002).They will use their sexual fantasies to practice their sexual acts victims are based on their vulnerability, and because an offender see an opening to get to them without getting caught. Sex offenders have no idea the affect that is left on the victim’s life and how the victim’s now will now live day to day for the rest of their lives. In relationships the victims often times can not fully trust there mate due to the assult they have experience.The effects of victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide. Some victims of rape may be utilizing birth control methods, such as the pill, which will prevent pregnancy. According to medical reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected sexual intercourse is 5%. By applying the pregnancy rate to 64,080 women, RAINN which is the (rape abuse& incest national network) estimates that there were 3,204 pregnancies as a result of rape during that period. Now women who chose to keep their baby from a sexual assult have to face the fact that they have to look at a baby for the rest of their life from the assult. Women are not the only victims of rape about 3% of American men or 1 in 33 have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
In 2003, 1 in every ten rape victims was male. 2.78 million men in the U.S. have been victims of sexual assault or rape. I believe the number is higher for men it’s just that men are ashame to report that they have been assulted by a women or a man. Rather the victim is man, women, or child there need to be more productive ways to track and secure these offenders.

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References
S. 671--112th Congress: Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act of 2011. (2011). In GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation). Retrieved October 8, 2012, from http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s671 http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123289051 http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/10/1/73.full http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Portal.aspx http://www.nsopw.gov/ http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-victims National Institute of Justice & Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence against Women Survey. 1998.
U.S. Department of Justice. 2003 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2003.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sex Offenses and Offenders. 1997.
1998 Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls. 1998.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. 1995 Child Maltreatment Survey. 1995.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2000 Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement. 2000.
World Health Organization. 2002.
U.S. Department of Justice. 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2005.

References: National Institute of Justice & Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence against Women Survey. 1998. U.S. Department of Justice. 2003 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2003. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sex Offenses and Offenders. 1997. 1998 Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls. 1998. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. 1995 Child Maltreatment Survey. 1995. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2000 Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement. 2000. World Health Organization. 2002. U.S. Department of Justice. 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey. 2005.