Sex Offender Registration System: A New Dimension in Crime Prevention
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Sexual offense is a serious crime that has existed in Thai society for a long time. Currently, apart from legal measures in applying imprisonment and the treatment program for sex offenders in prisons, there are no other proactive measures to prevent and suppress sex crimes for better public safety and confidence. An exploration of measures or mechanisms to increase concrete ways of sex crime prevention should be considered and applied to the criminal justice system in Thailand. The researcher has studied various measures for sexual crime prevention and suppression in Western nations. It was found that sex offender registration system has been widely known and continuously implemented for over 20 years. The United States was the first nation to apply the system, and many countries later adopted it. Even though there exist many controversial opinions regarding the suitability of the sex offender registration system, Thailand has no other measures to support the policy on sex crime prevention and suppression. Therefore, it is essential to study and comprehend the sex offender registration system to appropriately adopt it in the context of Thai justice system and social conditions. This can pave the way for the creation of a sex offender registration system that will be the key to effective measures for sex crime prevention and suppression in Thailand.
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ใน วารสารวิชาการอาชญาวิทยาและนิติวิทยาศาสตร์ โรงเรียนนายร้อยตำรวจ ถิอว่าเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรั้บผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรงซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสาร ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วยหรือรับผิดชอบใดๆ
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ใน วารสารวิชาการอาชญาวิทยาและนิติวิทยาศาสตร์ ถือว่าเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร วารสารวิชาการอาชญาวิทยาและนิติวิทยาศาสตร์ หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใดๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจาก วารสารวิชาการอาชญาวิทยาและนิติวิทยาศาสตร์ ก่อนเท่านั้น
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