Sex Offenses - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule.

15 Jul 2009 This final rule implements section 701 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2007, Public Law 109-364. Section 701 amends Title 10 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), Chapter 55, Section 1079(a) by authorizing coverage for ... Read more...

The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending.

12 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate on whether consumers of child pornography pose a risk for hands-on sex offenses. Up until now, there have been very few studies which have analyzed the association between the consumption of child pornography ... Read more...

[Antiandrogenic pharmacotherapy of sexual offenders and home leave steps in the forensic psychiatric hospital Berlin]

10 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of the relationship between antiandrogenic therapy of sexual offenders and home leave steps in a forensic psychiatric hospital. METHODS: Retrospective evaluation of all sexual offenders (n = 79) who were treated in the forensic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sex Offenses - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sexual predator law or preventive detention? Call it for what it is. 30 Jul 2009
• TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule. 15 Jul 2009
• The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending. 12 Jul 2009
• [Important for sexual crime victims that health services and the legal system act correctly] 29 Jun 2009
• [Antiandrogenic pharmacotherapy of sexual offenders and home leave steps in the forensic psychiatric hospital Berlin] 10 May 2009
• Public attitudes toward sexual offenders and sex offender registration. 29 Apr 2009
• New hope and help for forgotten youth. 29 Apr 2009
• Providing sex education to persons with learning disabilities in the era of HIV/AIDS: tensions between discourses of human rights and restriction. 29 Apr 2009
• Trevis Smith released on parole and to be deported to United States. 29 Apr 2009
• Criminal law and cases of HIV transmission or exposure. Australia: 18-year jail term for HIV offences. 29 Apr 2009
• Further developments in Johnson Aziga case. 29 Apr 2009
• Man found guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual assault for nondisclosure of HIV status. 29 Apr 2009
• B.C. man guilty of aggravated sexual assault for failing to disclose his HIV status. 29 Apr 2009
• Ontario woman pleads guilty to sexual assault and criminal negligence for failing to disclose HIV status. 29 Apr 2009
• Criminal madness: cultural iconography and insanity. 30 Mar 2009
• Risk assessment of sexual offenders for extended supervision orders in New Zealand: basic principles and current practice. 27 Feb 2009
• Banned from working in social care: a secondary analysis of staff characteristics and reasons for their referrals to the POVA list in England and Wales. 10 Feb 2009
• Looking forward in records of young adults convicted of sexual homicide, rape, or molestation as youth: risks for reoffending. 30 Jan 2009
• Can violent (re)offense be predicted? Review of the role of the clinician and use of actuarial tests in light of new data. 30 Jan 2009
• Conviction of man with HIV-related dementia affirmed. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Sex Offenses'

Definition: Any violation of established legal or moral codes in respect to sexual behavior.

Descriptor UI: D012742

Alternative terms: Sex Offenses; Offense, Sex; Offenses, Sex; Sex Offense; Sexual Abuse; Abuse, Sexual; Abuses, Sexual; Sexual Abuses;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.748;

History Note: 68