CRJS 443 Sexual Abuse and the Criminal Justice System3 hours credit –An examination of the problems of sexual abuse and its treatment by the criminal justice system. Sexual abuse issues including legal definition, causes, identification, prevention/treatment for victims and perpetrators, types and how the criminal justice system responds.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Identify behaviors associated with sex crimes.
- Distinguish between the theories of sexual deviance.
- Review the history of sex.
- Differentiate the nuisances of sexual behavior.
- Define aspects of incest.
- Discuss pedophilia.
- Recognize child pornography, and sex and the internet.
- Identify dangerous sex crimes.
- Examine sexually motivated homicides.
- Evaluate treatment of sex offenders.