Sex Crimes

The passage of "Megan's Law" in 1996 required that every state make publicly available a registry of sexual offenders who have been released from prison. The information in the sex offender...

In response to the murder of 7-year-old Megan Kafka by a paroled sex offender, a majority of states have passed a series of regulations collectively known as Megan's Law. The laws vary from state...

If you are raped, you should report it as soon as you can get to a telephone. Reporting the rape allows police to attempt to apprehend the perpetrator, so that he cannot attack other victims or...

Despite laws placing some limitations on where registered child sex offenders reside, unless you are moving into a neighborhood directly next to a school or a park, there is a chance that such an...

Keeping your neighborhood safe and secure is a prime concern for you and your neighbors. Of particular importance is ensuring that children in your neighborhood are kept safe from people who prey...

Every year approximately 90,000 women, or 29 in every 100,000, are raped in the United States. This is a marked decrease in comparison to before the introduction of U.S. Federal Sentencing...

Under the Meghan’s Law all states are required to provide the public and law enforcement information on convicted sex offenders. This requires registration of the names, address, crime type and...

You never know who may be lurking next door or down the street for that matter. Have you ever wondered where registered sex offenders reside. Knowledge is power and with these knowledge comes the...

According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & **** National Network), 1 in 6 women will be sexuality assaulted in their lifetime. 1 in 33 men will be assaulted in their lifetime. These are frightening...

The American Medical Association estimates that a woman is raped every 45 seconds. All women are at risk of being raped regardless of age, race, socioeconomic class or level of education....

Federal and state governments have passed laws to prohibit the exploitation of children, which is an enormous problem in the United States. The Internet's growth has permitted sexual predators to...

Beginning to date can be very challenging to tackle, not just for teenagers, but also for their parents. As frightening as this time may be, it could also be a time of training and helping minors...

According to dictionary.com, **** is “the crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally...

Many people assume that all sexual offenders are dangerous rapists, a common misconception. Rape--or, as it is known in statutory law, criminal sexual conduct--has many layers. It can include...

The term "sex offender" scares a lot of people, and the safety factor of sex offenders released back into society after serving sentences has elicited intense concern. Most of the concerns deal...

Child molestation is a broad term that includes any sexual activity between an adult and a minor. According to the National Alert Registry one out of every three to four girls has been sexually...

In the United States, each state can create its own standards for sentencing convicted sex offenders. However, the federal government provides recommended sentencing guidelines for judges faced...

We all know that rape is one of the most despicable and cowardly acts that one human can do to another. For women who have been victimized; there is not only the physical damage that comes with...

The Sexual Offenders Act is known officially as the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, a 2006 federal law that created a national sex offender registry as well as brought uniformity to...

Chemical castration is something of a misnomer. The injection of certain drugs into a man's body does not result in castration. Rather, these drugs significantly lower a man's testosterone level...

A sexual predator is defined as a person who is attempting to obtain or is obtaining contact with a person with another individual in a predatory manner. Sexual predators are believed to "hunt"...

The Sexual Predator Act is H.R. 3494 and its official title is "Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act of 1998." The act contains nine titles, which are divided into sections. The act in...

Child molestation is not a legal term used in federal sentencing guidelines. There are, however, several offenses related to criminal sexual abuse of a minor. These range from statutory rape to...

There are three primary objectives associated with sexual predator convictions and associated laws. First, these laws are designed to punish sexual predators for their crimes. Second, elements of...

The federal government enacted Megan's Law in 1996 as an amendment to Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Megan's Law calls for each state to maintain a publically accessible...

Sex crimes are any illegal act of a sexual nature. Many go unreported, making it difficult to know the exact number of sex crimes that happen each year.

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Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) don't have a typical "look". They can be male or female, gay or straight, teen aged or elderly, handsome or homely, intelligent or slow, religious or atheistic,...

Sexual assault is absolutely one of the worst possible crimes that anyone could ever commit. Rape and sexual assault leave behind physical, mental, and emotional scars that may never go away. If...

Here's the scenario: You have utilized an online sex offender search and you have found that there are sex offenders, even worse, sexual predators, in your neighborhood. Since it may not be...

Child molesters are difficult to identify because they come in all ages and races, they can be male or female, and they are often good at hiding their actions. Parents must be vigilant when...

It is becoming more convenient to find sex offenders in the state of Texas. Here is how you can perform a thorough search for a Texas sex offender.

Federal Rule of Evidence 413 allows certain evidence of an accused person's past crimes to be admitted to the court in a criminal trial. This means that if you are found guilty a sexual crime...

By law, convicted sex offenders and sexual predators must register with law enforcement agencies in the state where they reside. Although it is arguably an intrusion of the offender's privacy...

About half of all sexual crimes go unpunished, according to the FBI Crime Report. Of those that are reported and prosecuted, 54 percent end in an acquittal or dismissal. Because the types and...

Sexual abuse is one of the most serious and prevalent crimes that can happen to children. Officials estimate that 1 of every 6 boys will be molested by the age of 18. For girls, the estimate is 1...

A child molester, also known as a pedophile, can be male or female and young or old. He can look like the kind old grandfather who lives two houses down, or she can be employed as a female child...

While the term "sexual predator" is sometimes used to describe anybody who obtains sexual contact via less-than-honest means, the term has a clear legal connotation, as well. Used to refer to both...

Anyone who has an elderly loved one, who has been mistreated in a resident facility, should consider consulting a nursing home abuse attorney. There are nearly 5 million nursing homes in the...

According to statistics by the Bureau of Justice, over 200,000 people are arrested for sex crimes each year. Many of these offenders are considered sexual predators, meaning that their crimes were...

News reports about the so-called Craigslist Killer and other crimes related to the website are on the rise. How can you take advantage of all that Craigslist offers while staying safe? Here are...

Until the last 30 years, many states did not consider marital rape or sexual assault "true" crimes. However, times are progressing to where forced sex or sexual contact that is not...

April is National Child Abuse Month and is a time to recognize and raise awareness of child abuse. Sexual abuse, a form of child abuse, in children is at an alarming high rate. 1 in 4 girls is...

An Ohio offender search is done using Ohio's official electronic sex offender registration and notification system (eSORN) on the office of the attorney general's website. From that site you can...

Maybe you are moving to a new neighborhood, and you want to find out if there are any sexual predators or offenders who might live in the neighborhood. Or maybe you have children who walk home...

Created in 2006, the National Sex Offender Registry is a resource for anyone wondering if, and if so, where, any sex offenders are living in their neighborhood. Using the online sex offender...

In January 1996, a 9-year-old girl riding her bicycle near her grandparents’ Texas home was gone only minutes when she was abducted by a man who wrenched her from her bike and threw her...

There's an ugly side to the Internet--child porn. It's good to know what you can do something to help fight Internet child porn. The FBI has a very active investigative branch for these crimes,...

Allegations of child abuse have reached epidemic proportions, not only in America, but internationally. Dean Tong, who writes extensively on this subject, describes such allegations as the...

Rape is a violent crime in which the perpetrator uses violence or the threat of violence to have sex with an unwilling victim. Overwhelmingly the victims of rape are female, however it's a widely...