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Direct linkVasquez, Bob Edward; Maddan, Sean; Walker, Jeffery T. – Crime & Delinquency, 2008
Although federal legislation for the implementation of sex offender registration and notification systems is now a decade old, empirical studies on the efficacy of this policy are relatively nonextant. This article explores the impact of registration legislation on the incidence of forcible rapes. Using monthly count data of rapes aggregated at…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Federal Legislation, Criminals, Rape
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1986
This is a report on House bill H.R. 4745, the Sexual Abuse Act of 1986, which would amend title 18 of the United States Code to modernize and reform federal rape statutes. The document opens with the actual text of the amendment. A section on the background of current federal rape law discusses the crime of rape as primarily a state, not federal,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Law Enforcement, Rape, Sexual Abuse
Chaffin, Mark – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
Thirty-six father-daughter/stepdaughter sexual abusers were followed over the course of a two-year outpatient treatment program. Results supported the importance of pretreatment personality assessment and suggested that involvement of the criminal justice system does not interfere with, and may help, therapeutic progress. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Criminals, Fathers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This document provides witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to determine if the federal government, through the proposed legislation, can help in locating missing children and in assisting their families. The text of H.R. 4971 is given and is followed by statements from directors and representatives of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Custody, Children, Educational Needs
Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
Group discussions on physical, sexual, and emotional child abuse and neglect, which took place at the "Child Protection for the 21st Century Conference," are summarized. The discussions noted practices that should be preserved and those requiring change in law/law enforcement, mental health, medicine/nursing, social work, and prevention and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect
Minnesota Higher Education Center against Violence and Abuse, St. Paul. – 1995
In response to a 1993 Minnesota crime bill, four task forces reviewed violence education in professional higher education programs and made recommendations for legislation and law enforcement. The four task forces--in Law, Health Services, Human Services, and Education--made several critical recommendations that applied across professions:…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Blue Ribbon Commissions, Crime, Crime Prevention
