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Definition
A person associated
with harmful sexual behavior (sex
offender, sex abuser, sexual abuser) is a person who has
committed a sex crime. What constitutes a sex crime
differs by culture and by legal jurisdiction. Most
jurisdictions compile their laws into sections such as
sexual trafficking and sexual assault. The majority of
people associated with harmful sexual behavior have convictions for crimes of a
sexual nature. Some have simply violated a law
contained in a sexual category.
Some of the titles of crimes
which usually result in a mandatory sex-offender
classification include second prostitution conviction,
sending or receiving obscene content in the form of SMS text
messages (sexting), relationships between young adults and
teenagers that have resulted in corruption of a minor, and
any sexual contact made by the adult to the minor (child
molestation). If sexual conduct occurs, unlawful sexual
conduct involving a minor occurs.
Other serious behaviors
(offences) are
sexual assault, statutory rape, child sexual abuse, rape,
sexual imposition, and pandering obscenity.
Wikipedia: Harmful
Sexual Behavior
US Legal:
Harmful Sexual Behavior Law & Legal Definition
Characteristics of Persistent Sexual Offenders
Psychology Today: Thinking Processes of Sexual Predators
New Hope for
Harmful Sexual Behavior Treatment: American Psychological Association
Sexual Predator
The term sexual predator is
used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or
trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a
metaphorically "predatory" manner. Analogous to how a
predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is
thought to "hunt" for his or her sex partners. People who
commit sex crimes, such as rape or child sexual abuse, are
commonly referred to as sexual predators.
The term is
applied according to a person's moral beliefs,
and does not necessarily denote criminal
behavior. For example, a person who cruises a
bar looking for consensual sex from someone else
could be considered a sexual predator by some.
The term "sexual
predator" is often considered distinct from "sex
offender." Many U.S. states also see these
differences legally. A sexual offender is a
person who has committed a sexual offense. A
sexual predator is often used to refer to a
person who habitually seeks out sexual
situations that are deemed exploitative.
However, in some states, the term "sexual
predator" is applied to anyone who has been
convicted of certain crimes, regardless of
whether or not there is a history of similar
behavior.
List of Common Sex Crimes
-- Rape
-- Lust murder
-- Any
forms of sexual abuse or sexual assault
-- Child sexual abuse
-- Statutory rape
-- Spousal rape
-- Obscenity
-- Human trafficking
-- Frotteurism (sexual
arousal through rubbing one's self against a non-consenting stranger in
public)
-- Exhibitionism (indecent exposure)
-- Voyeurism (peeping tom)
-- Incest
-- Telephone scatologia (Obscene telephone
calls for the purpose of sexual arousal)
-- Sex with animals
-- Sexual harassment
-- Extramarital sex
-- Polygamy
-- Prostitution or pimping
-- Pornography
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Sex Crimes
Sex crimes are forms of
harmful
sexual behavior that are considered criminal offenses.
Someone who commits one is said to be a sex offender.
Some sex crimes are crimes of violence that involve sex.
Others are violations of social taboos, such as incest,
indecent exposure, or exhibitionism. There is much variation
among cultures as to what is considered a crime or not, and
in what ways or to what extent crimes are punished.
As a general rule, the law in
many countries often intervenes in sexual activity involving
young or adolescent children below the legal age of consent,
non-consensual deliberate displays or illicit watching of
sexual activity, sex with close relatives (incest), harm to
animals, acts involving the deceased (necrophilia), and also
when there is harassment, nuisance, fear, injury, or assault
of a sexual nature, or serious risk of abuse of certain
professional relationships.
Separately, the law usually
regulates or controls the censorship of pornographic or
obscene materials as well. A rape charge is issued
when a person of any age does not provide consent for sexual
activity.
Legal Information
Alabama Harmful Sexual
Behavior Law
Criminal
Justice Resources: Harmful Sexual Behavior Laws
Harmful Sexual
Behavior Statistics
Website Links
Child
Molestation Prevention
Stop It Now: Preventing
Sexual Abuse of Children
Child Help: Prevention
and Treatment of Child Abuse
CDC: Violence Prevention
Wikipedia: Sex
and the Law
Wikipedia:
Child Sexual Abuse or Child Molestation
Profile of a Child
Molester
Wikipedia: Harmful Sexual
Behavior
US Legal:
Harmful Sexual Behavior Law & Legal Definition
Characteristics of Persistent Harmful Sexual Behavior
Psychology Today: Thinking Processes of Sexual Predators
New Hope for
Harmful Sexual Behavior Treatment: American Psychological Association
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