Shattering the Silence
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Prevention is imperative for sex offendersEarly identification of risk factors, intervention and treatment are important keys to helping sex offenders avoid future offenses, said Dr. Jeannie Thies, former psychologist with the Department of Corrections (DOC).
Treatment programs often identify other victimsIn addition to keeping society safer and helping sex offenders stop abusing children, treatment programs often help identify other victims.
Therapy uses eye movement as key to healingThe eyes are the key to healing in a type of therapy Sandra Smith often uses with sexual abuse victims.
Successful completion of MOSOP is required for early releaseDr. Mariann Atwell, acting director of the Division of Offender Rehabilitative Services and chief of Mental Health Services, said offenders go through the Missouri Sex Offender Program (MOSOP) 18 months prior to their earliest parole release.
Prison can be an expensive optionMany people wonder why we don’t just lock all the sex offenders up and throw away the key. They wouldn’t be able to hurt anyone else, and we wouldn’t have to worry about whether our supervisory practices are working.
One-stop facility approach helps abused childrenChildren who are sexually abused in southeast Missouri typically head to the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) in Cape Girardeau to help investigators solve their cases.
Shattering the Silence
- Series prompts response of all kinds from readers
- Healing can begin after secrets are exposed
- Predators prowl the information highway
- Most offenders spend lifetime on sex registry
- 'It's just a family secret'
- Father used 'love' to molest daughters
- Wife knew husband abused her, but not their child
- Old love nearly destroys woman's life
- Mother cries for Hanna
- Secret almost caused woman's death
- Goal at sexual predator unit is to break deviant cycle
- Man finds help at treatment center
- Second time means success for offender
- Internet paves road for crimes against children
- Sex offenders must be on registry
- FBI tries to reduce vulnerability of children
- Nix tracks Internet predators
- Officer heads task force to prevent Internet crimes against children
- Project investigates, prosecutes Internet sexual predators
- Prosecutor says he felt swamped with abuse cases
- Most offenders are family or friends of victim
- Convincing jury is a challenge
- Justus ruling affects how prosecutors prepare for child abuse cases
- Prosecutor tries to re-establish pilot program for child abuse
- Record year for solving federal child sex exploitation cases
- Finkelhor: 50 percent decrease in child abuse cases
- Lawyer, professor is critic of sex offender registries
- Answers to Quiz
- Prevention is imperative for sex offenders
- Treatment programs often identify other victims
- Therapy uses eye movement as key to healing
- Successful completion of MOSOP is required for early release
- Prison can be an expensive option
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