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Sex Offenders |
[Unit.B.5.3.]
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Canada |
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"The Correctional
Service of Canada routinely collects sentence and demographic
information on sex offenders under federal jurisdiction
of those serving sentences of two years and longer"
(Motiuk & Belcourt, 1996, p. 3).
"In 1994,
the Service implemented the Offender Intake Assessment process
to produce a comprehensive and integrated evaluation of
offenders as they enter the federal correctional system"
(Motiuk, 1993; cited in Motiuk & Belcourt, 1996, p.
3).
"The average
age of sex offenders under federal jurisdiction was about
42, the oldest sex offender was 85, while the youngest was
20" (Motiuk & Belcourt, 1996, p. 4).
"The majority
of sex offenders were Caucasian, however there was a somewhat
larger proportion of aboriginal sex offenders relative to
this group's proportion of all federal offenders" (Motiuk
& Belcourt, 1996, p. 4).
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"In the
18th century The UK used the sentence of transportation
to Australia to rid society of those who had committed offences"
(Dimond, 1997, p. 288).
"The Sex
Offenders Act came into effect on September 1,1997"
(Dimond, 1997, p. 288).
"It was
estimated that about 6,000 people should have been on the
register by Sept 14, 1997 with an additional 3,500 added
each year" (Dimond, 1997, p. 288).
"Because
the Act is not retrospective most of the 110,000 convicted
paedophiles will not be on the list (Ford, 1997). Estimates
of those do to register were reduced to 1,390 (Staff Reporter,
1997)" (Dimond, 1997, p. 288).
"However
returns across the country, indicate that at least half
of those who should have reported have failed to comply
with the notification provisions" (Dimond, 1997, p.
288).
"There
is evidence that L5,000 or up to six months imprisonment
is insufficient sanction as many would risk penalty than
face being hounded by neighbors or vigilantes" (Dimond,
1997, p. 289).
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This article
discussed how one nurse got involved with sex offender treatment,
how the sex offender treatment program operates and the
research and sexual abuse course that has evolved (Scheela,
1999, p. 25).
The author shares
some personal experiences and explains why she has found
the working with sex offenders to be the most rewarding
work experience of her life (Scheela, 1999, p. 25).
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Reference
Dimond, B. (1998).
Sex offenders, society and the law. Part 1. Psychiatric
Care, 4 (6), 287-289. Motiuk, L. &
Belcourt, R.
(1996). Profiling the Canadian sex offender population.
FORUM on corrections research (CSC), 8 (2), 3-7.
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/e082/e082a.shtml
Scheela, R.A.
(1999). A nurse's experience working with sex offenders.
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 37 (9), 25-31.
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