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Running Head: ANALYSIS OF AN OFFENDER

Analysis of an Offender

Lawrence

Walden University

PPPA-8137-1

Dr. Jennifer Grimes

11/15/2015

Analysis of an Offender

This project describes Drake Carter aged about 25

years of age. He is a sex offender who has been

convicted and put on rehabilitation program as means

of integrating him back into the society. He is a subject

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of a case study of the sex offenders and what drives

these people to engage in such crimes. Carter lives in

the white neighborhood where the population is not

dense, and people are friendly to the neighbors.

This community also has many single mothers. Carter

was very friendly and ready to help the ladies in fixing

in their homes. It was during these moments that he

would identify his target and develop a rapport with

her. He also had toys and candies that he would use to

entertain the children in his home.

Carter was born in a family of three children, and he

was the firstborn among two girls and one boy. The

other two are Tiffany Carter and Jennie Carter. While

he was still young, a neighbor had accused him of

touching her young girl indecently at their garden.

This incident had been settled by the two families

arguing that he was young and may not have

understood the implications of such actions. Carter's

mother, Rose Carter was a French woman while his

father was an American citizen.

Rose had been known to be tense, quarrelsome and

attention seeking. Rose spent much of her time

struggling with herself. When Drake, was home, he

shut himself up in his room to avoid the controlling

nature of his mother. He also sometimes ran away to

the garden where he kept to himself because his

upbringing had made him lose confidence in him. Her

mother's condition had taken a toll on him and the

rest of the family. He had not known at that young age

that his mother was struggling with drug abuse.

At school, he was described as timid and quiet by his

school mates. Even the teachers had noticed that he

was very reserved and seemed to be neglected by his

parents. He kept no friends and would be seen

walking alone most times. His character did not

change much in high school. He never had a girlfriend

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went 2 Lilianna 3

because of his low self-esteem that would not let him

talk to a girl.

He feared that he was not good enough and would be

rejected by a lady if he attempted to approach her.

Drake confessed that he had always fantasized about

having sex with the girls at school and the women at

home yet he could not bring himself up to approach

any of them for fear of rejection. He said he had

hidden several times behind the door and watched the

nanny changes her clothes, and he desired so much to

sleep with her. He would rush back to the toilet and

masturbate. Slowly he began watching pornographic

materials quench his thirst.

He finally found a way to satisfy his need when he

met young Maria at his home. Maria was a six-year-

old neighbor whose mom had dropped at his house as

she ran for an errand. Rose was in the garden while

Drake was left to watch over Maria in the living room.

Drake used this opportunity to actualize his fantasies.

He began touching the private parts of the young child

who was not quite aware of what was going on.

Luckily his mother walked in, and he stopped. From

this moment on, he was attracted to the children

because he saw them as easy targets.

He also knew he would easily get away with the

children by offering a reward of distraction.

on until he day he did the same to a

15-year-old neighbor who could not keep quiet. She

reported him to her parents and this lead to his

conviction.

Causes of Crime

The facts leading to Drake's character had a lot to do

with this upbringing and the conditions that he was

exposed to at home more than anything else. His

mother's condition seemed to have contributed to a

significant degree his reaction to the challenges he was

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facing. The dynamics of Drake's behavior can

through various dimensions that include

the biological, social, environmental and genetic

causes for his condition (Beech et Al, 2009).

Potential Environmental Causes

Environmental factors have been found to have

impacts on the behaviors such us unconventional

sexual conducts. Our environment plays a significant

role in our growth and development. The

environment determines our character and behavioral

patterns. The influence of the peers and the family

would shape out thinking the pattern and the manner

in which we respond to situations. Family

environment is very crucial for the upbringing of a

child. If there may be a problem in the family, the

young boy and girl will be hard hit since most of the

consequences will affect his or her life directly.

Drake's problem may have been a by-product of the

condition of his mother. Even as a young boy, he had

been neglected and subjected to conditions that would

have adverse effects on his personality. His mother

always had a breakdown that leads to her harsh

reaction to everyone including the children. A further

analysis of the family revealed that the last born

turned out to be a drug addict while the second born

did not proceed to college.

She dropped out and began working as a waiter in a

nightclub. a sign of a broken down family unit.

The origin of the problems that lead to the deplorable

conditions that this family was experiencing had its

roots in the mother's drug addiction. It made the

home an unfavorable environment for the proper

upbringing of the children. The family risk factors

include poverty, parenting practices, education and

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life 6

were neglected 7

the family structure. Because of the mother's

condition, she could not work.

Her violent nature would not let her socialize well with

the others in a job setting. She was therefore at home

most of the time. The father was a factory worker who

spent most of the time in his job since he took up to

three jobs in a day. He did not have much time to give

the children the attention they desired. Furthermore,

he had to spend the time to take care of his wife

whenever he was home. The family therefore never

had much money to afford a decent and this too

was having a toll on the children.

They and did not have a comfortable

life. Sociologists argue that exposure to such

conditions may stir up antisocial behavior in an

individual. The research on the environment especially

the family setting on the development of a child

reveals that the type of family environment created by

the parents would have far-reaching effects on the

character and behaviors of a child (Schmitz, 2003).

The relationship between the parents and the children

would determine if they can influence the child

behavior either negatively of positively. Poor

communication and weak family bonds have been

singled out as the primary contributors to the child

welfare. They have a correlation to the child criminal

behavioral patterns (Garnefski and Okma, 1996). The

abuse and neglect of the children would contribute to

their antisocial behavior as they grow up.

Statistics has shown that the children are at an about

fifty percent risk of engaging in criminal and antisocial

behavior in the case that they are abused or neglected

by the parents, family of the other members of the

community. This factor has appeared very

prominently in many types of research on the criminal

behavior of offenders. Drake and her siblings had

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been neglected 8

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. The mother also meted out

psychological abuse due to her cruel and harsh

treatment of her family, children, and neighbors

(Holmes et Al., 2001).

Potential Social Causes of Drake's Behavior

Sociology is the way in which we interact and develop

a relationship with others. determine our

behavior in the society. Positive socialization process

would result in good characters and habits while

negative social relationships would lead to antisocial

behavior. The way we fit in our social structure would

have tremendous impacts on our behavior. Drake

may have experienced a social environment that

would have aggravated his desire to commit these

crimes.

At home, Drake spent most times alone with one to

. He was locked up in his room and denied

the social interaction. Slowly, his ability to socialize

thinned out to a point that he would not build any

meaningful relationships. His self-esteem and

confidence as the man and

he would not approach of his age.

He always felt that others are better than him and that

he did not belong to any decent social group. His

behaviors were out of the ordinary and for a better

part of his he lacked manners. He only gained

some level of confidence when he found comfort in

the children. He learned to be warm to them and to

look harmless in front of the parents or guardians.

Because of his characteristics, Drake was shunned at

school by most of his colleagues. They found him

queer and odd. He only had one friend who seemed to

share the same characteristics. It has him who first

introduced Drake to pornographic material that he

referred to as his best companion. Steve was always

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watching or reading an obscene material whenever he

was alone or with Drake. As a result, Drake picked

this habit that grew into an addition.

Watching porn videos in his room heightened his

desire to practice. It piled pressure on him.

the time he would sneak around and look at the nanny

undress. He would also run off to the bathroom to

masturbate. Steve was an addict of child pornography.

It was him who made Drake realize that he could use

the children to ease off the excess pressure that had

built up on him due to his indecent internet activities.

The other social factor that contributed to the behavior

of Drake was the videos and movies he was watching

over the internet. They were hardcore obscene

material that activated his urge. The children were an

easy target because of the social nature of the

community where people learned to live together as a

big family and not as an individual. Drake had moved

to this new locality where nobody knew so much

about his past. He had however built relationships

with the parents by showing some warmth and

attractive social behavior.

a character he adopted as a deception tactic

to gain access to the children. He would work to win

the trust of the parents and use the available

opportunity to commit his vile acts. Social interaction

has been proved to be a significant influence on an

individual's character. People behave in a manner that

is correspondent to their social environment.

We are a product of our social environment that

defines how we look at the society and the world

around us. Our response to the issues that we meet in

life in the daily routine on the level and type

of socialization. Drake the required

socialization, and this contributed to his antisocial

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are related 18

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was introduced 20

being introduced 21 This

contributed 22

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behavior. He became a sex offender due to his social

environment.

The Potential Biological Causes

Biological factors to the sexuality and

development in the sexual awareness. During puberty,

the young person may not be able to distinguish

between sexual and aggressive urges.

result in sexual aggression that has the outcome of

leading to social offense. Drake to

pornography at this critical time in his life. It was

during this period that his inclination to sexual offense

began to become apparent.

He was struggling with the adolescent sex issues while

to sexual indulgence.

much to his confusion and subsequent

involvement in the sex matters. Low self-esteem,

impulsivity, poor interpersonal skill and poor social

behavior aggravated the depth of Drake's participation

in the sexual behavior. The factors integrate and

designed a strong web that this offender would not

find easy to . He was in a state of mental

and psychological turmoil.

Discovery of sex at puberty has been identified by the

researchers in this area to have a damaging effect on

the behavior of the young adults. The pubescent boys

would use sex as a means of coping with inadequacy

and unhappiness. Throughout his life, Drake had

always felt inadequate and unworthy in the social

sphere. His lack of confidence and low self-esteem as

contributed by the family and school environment had

made Drake run to pornography and subsequently

sex offense as a means of sorting this need and feeling

some worth and self-gratification.

In the face of the personality deficit, situational

factors like intoxication, stress, or the sexual stimuli

will influence an individual's poor coping skills thus

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is maintained 24

with the environment 25

been accused 26

affect 27

was extended 28

is directly linked 29

leading to involvement in the sexual offense. Sex

offense by the reinforcement of effects

of deviant sexual activity, and development of

cognitive distortions that would legitimize the sexual

offense by the individual who is suffering from these

deficiencies. Drake had experienced this scenario in

his life and was one of the contributors to his sexual

behavior (Ward et Al, 2006).

The Genetic Causes of the Behavior

Genetics in an individual can cause criminal behavior.

The research has exhibited that genetics has

integrated to make an

individual a sex offender. Children born of a parent

who had of the sexual offense have a

high likelihood of growing up to be sex offenders.

Genetics has been identified to have a 20% to 50% risk

of contributing to a sex offense. In the past,

researchers had proved that our genetic makeup

our sexuality. It determines our sexual

orientation as we grow up.

The same idea in the research on the

relationship between sex offense and genetics.

However, genetic predisposition would not be used to

be used to profile one as a sex offender. For such

cases, the risks of a sex offense are insignificant.

Genes contribute largely to the antisocial behavior in

people. Sexual aggression among many other

antisocial conducts to particular

genetic makes up and variations in individuals. Drake

may have suffered from the same problem.

His first incident as a child is a possible impact of his

genes on his behavior and response to sex. His father,

Joe Carter, had once committed a sex offense back in

elementary school. He had to spend most of his time

in the juvenile school since he was a minor. It was not

very clear if that was the first sex offense he had

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was proved 30

been

involved 31

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been caught 33

with any man 34

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are known 38

committed. However, that was the officially recorded

incident of sex offenses that had a direct link to him

and beyond doubt.

From Drake's admission, his mother too was not

straight when it came to sexual matters. She had

in several sex scandals during her visit to

the drug dens and when the father was not around

town. on of the primary origins of the fight

between the two whenever the father came back home

to a report that she had with another

man. Tiffany, who worked in the club, was a prostitute

of some kind. She would sleep to earn

extra cash for her upkeep.

Drake had visited the club many times and had to

come to her rescue from the vile men who wanted to

take her forcefully or who refused to pay. The last

born followed in the mother's footsteps of drug and

indiscriminate sex. Drake's family with

sex and drug stories both of which antisocial. He was

therefore bound to be a sex offender. His father and

mother may have passed these faulty genes to him.

The sons of the parents that had been convicted of the

sex offense before have been found to exhibit the

same traits. lead to the scientific conclusion

that genes have very significant impacts on the social

behaviors and characteristics of individuals (Baker et

Al, 2010).

Type of Offender

Drake was a sex offender who had of

molesting young girls. He fell under the category of

pedophiles. The child sex offenders have been found

to be people who to the children and

their families. They adopt this cunning behavior

towards the children and their families as a way of

winning their trust as they wait for the opportune

moment. This tactic had been observed in Drake when

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he moved to the neighborhood where he perfected his

art of child molestation.

The offenders would take much time to garner all the

necessary information that would be useful in the final

act. Deception and enticement are the of

the characterization of this group of people. They

would have in their possession the items that are very

alluring to the children that they would use to deceive

the target and get her in the situation that is easy for

them to engage them sexually. The abuse of the child

would take a long time relationship building between

the offender and the target.

The abuse would begin from a simple manner like

hand-holding and touching of the non-sensitive areas.

The offender would then proceed to the sensitive

areas the breasts and the genital areas. This act

would escalate to the physical penetration of the child

by the adult. The child sexual offenders had previously

been attached or attracted to the adults before

resorting to the children. They would bend back to the

children owing to their inability to begin or sustain

sexual relationships with the adults.

Drake had suffered from low-self esteem and

personality disorder. He would not engage a girl of

proper age in a healthy sexual relationship. It becomes

hard for the children to tell on the sex offenders for a

variety of reasons. The person may have threatened

to kill someone that the child loves if she told anyone

about their activities.

The young girl may also feel ashamed, embarrassed

or guilty to talk about the act to anybody who they

believe may not understand or may judge them. The

child may feel the necessity protect the offender

especially if this is a person who has a reputation in

the family such as the father or the uncle. She feels

that if she talks about nobody would believe, and it

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would lead to the whole family disbelieving her of

punishing her for the act.

The offender may hold important significance in the

family of the child. make it hard for her

to talk openly about this law because of the reaction

from the family. She fears that the reaction would

at her instead of him. The situation

complicated when the child

begins to develop feelings about this person.

stretch the offense for a very long time without

anyone getting to know.

Sex addiction is one of the strong habits that are very

hard to break. Sex offense is a negative energy that

emanates from undesirable sexual behaviors. It is

hard to break since it with pornography to

a larger degree. The negative images in

the brain become very hard to erase. This negative

energy cannot .

it would consume the person. These are

advised to for avenues to direct this energy. The

therapy for child sex offenders is to join support

groups where they can share their stories, create a

social interaction cycle. Through these groups, they

may be able to boost their inadequate social skills and

meet the adults of proper age with whom to build

sexual relationships.

Apprehension

The criminal profiling of Drake would have been used

to apprehend him sooner before he would continue to

inflict pain on the innocent young children. A brief

look at his family background, personal records, and

behavior patterns would have easily identified him as

a sex offender. He exhibited all the traits of a potential

child sex offender just by the way he carried out

himself. A visit the behavior analyst would have

profiled him as a sex offender and have him watched

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be proved 52

been convicted 53

been involved 54

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for further proof. According to the law, the authorities

are not allowed to arrest and individual based on the

assumptions.

However, they are authorized to open a file for them

and analyze them further until it can

beyond doubt that he ha committed the offense. A

background check on the family and the family history

of Drake would be one of the important points to look

at in the process of profiling him as an offender. The

father of this offender had of the

same offense in his formative years. The mother on

the other side was not necessarily a sex offender but

had in several sexual escapades and

liaisons that contributed to the breakdown of the

family unit.

Drake had a troubled childhood that would have a

significant effect on his social behavior. The family

alone was, therefore, a starting point for the behavior

analysis and profiling of Drake. His history as a child

could also be used to profile him as a sex offender. As

a young boy, he had been accused of touching a young

girl indecently. Even though this incident was sorted

out through a mutual settlement by both families, this

opened a file into the criminal characteristic of Drake.

The chance of a sex offender commuting the same

crime is very high this should have lead to his

arrest sooner. The team would easily as

repeat offender due to his consistent queer behavior.

However, the change in tactic for the purpose of

creating the trust with the children and the families

could have served better to dupe the public a little bit.

not deceive the behavior analysts

because of their deeper knowledge of the behavior

patterns of these groups of offenders.

The behavior of this particular offender would be used

by the authorities to profile other potential offenders.

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Sex offenders exhibit similar traits that can

and used to identify them for further

analysis. They are in the same age group as Drake.

the critical age that most offenders

. They range from 20 years to 55 years with

the majority of them being in their 30s. They show

peculiar attraction and interest to the children,

especially the pubescent girls who are in their prime of

development.

These people would with child

pornographic materials and other materials that are

used to entice and lure young girls into their homes.

They have low self-esteem and would not muster up

enough courage to talk to the big girls. It is because of

this fear of rejection and humiliation that direct them

to innocent young girls who would be helpless to their

tricks and machinations. They take advantage of the

vulnerability of the girls to satisfy their queer sexual

drive. The profile of these people also reveals broken

or unclear relationship status.

They may have been in a relationship before which

ended up badly and hurt their ego as men.

have lead to the recoiling into their shelf and

look for other ways to gratify them. The other section

of this group is those who may not have had any

relationship in their life because of the personal

disorders and the antisocial behavior. Drake did not

have a clear relationship status yet he was of fond of

the children and close to the families.

He showed some extraordinary warmth that the sex

offenders would exhibit before them committing the

act. They would also be using warmth to cover the

eyes of the parents as they continued with their crime

unnoticed. Drake and others like him show

personality disorders that are very evident even with a

quick look at their behavior patterns. He showed a

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in place 63

are prevented 64

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true profile of a child sex offender that would be used

to profile other potential offenders in this category.

Policy Implications

In the year 1994, the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against

Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration

Act, 42 U.S 14071 was passed that provided a

framework for the tracking the locations of the sex

offenders. This act stipulated the registration of the

residence of these people so that government may

monitor their whereabouts.

Two years later in 1996, Megan's Law, 42 U.S.C 13701

was enacted which authorized the states to publicize

the names of the sex offenders and maintain this data

in an internet registry that is accessible to the public.

The community notifications are also used to increase

the awareness of the offenders. The laws restrict

where the convicted offenders can live. These laws are

put to reduce the risks that repeat child sex

predators would have by limiting the opportunities.

These people from living in areas that

have proximity to parks, school bus stops, schools,

day care centers and other locations that are

frequented by the young ones. These laws may have

contributed to the safety of the children and prevented

them from repeat crimes; however they have led to

increased cases of homelessness of these offenders.

The offenders have difficulty finding compliant houses

due to the restriction.

These laws limit the rights of these people to have

decent, safe and affordable housing. These laws hence

slow down the process of integration of these people

back to the community. Many individuals fear to come

out and seek help due to fear of

and being subjected to these laws.

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