Journal article
THE APPLICATION OF MERCY: EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL YOUTH WHO COMMIT SEX OFFENSES
Mitchell Hamline Law Review, Vol.46(2), pp.344-367
01 Jan 2020
Abstract
Both adults and youth who commit sex crimes may be mandated
to register in their community as sex offenders. Depending on the laws
govermnig the jurisdiction and the type of crime committed, a youth who
commits a sex crime could be labeled a sex offender for the rest oftheir life.
As minority youth, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
questioning (LGBTQ) youth, are disproportionately represented in the
juvenile justice system, sex offender notification and registration laws have
the consequences of adversely affecting the most vulnerable children in the
community.
This article discusses the current state of the field regarding sex
offender registration and notification laws, as well as the relevant social
science research. It also examines the current juvenile justice reform
movement in the area and provides a discussion about opposite-sex
offender-victim prosecution in contrast with same-sex offender-victim
prosecution. Finally, this article presents a study examining current public
opinion regarding the registration requirements for opposite-sex offender-
victim cnmes compared to same-sex offender-victim crimes. Despite the
results not supporting our originalhypothesis, they still highlight the intense
stigma facing all youth who are convicted of sex crimes. The results of this
research study are considered in light of the recently released National
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges resolution about the
prosecution and treatment ofyouth who commit sex offenses.
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Details
- Title
- THE APPLICATION OF MERCY: EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL YOUTH WHO COMMIT SEX OFFENSES
- Creators
- Jennica JanssenDavid DeMatteo
- Publication Details
- Mitchell Hamline Law Review, Vol.46(2), pp.344-367
- Publisher
- William Mitchell Law Review
- Number of pages
- 24
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Identifiers
- 991020531985604721