Arizona Revised Statutes As Sex Offenders

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In the state of Arizona, their statutes list’s twenty-one different types of offenses that an offender must be required to register for. Below are ten of the twenty-one crimes. According to the Arizona State Senate Issue Brief, they state that:
“Arizona Revised Statutes require persons convicted of any of the following 21 different offenses to register as sex offenders: 1) unlawful imprisonment if the victim is under 18 years of age; 2) kidnapping if the victim is under 18 years of age; 3) sexual abuse if the victim is under 18 years of age; 4) sexual conduct with a minor; 5) sexual assault; 6) sexual assault of a spouse; 7) molestation of a child; 8) continuous sexual abuse of a child; 9) taking a child for the purpose of prostitution; 10) …show more content…

A registerable offense only if the victim is less than seventeen years old and the offender is not the parent of the victim. A registerable offense only if the person patronized is in fact less than seventeen years old. A registerable offense unless the trial court finds that registration would be unduly harsh and inappropriate.” (“New York State Sex Offender Registry Registerable Offenses”, 2012) …show more content…

Within the state, when you look at the information or the numbers you kind of also have to think of the amount of the total population. In the state of New York the grand total of sex offenders is 39,674. When looking at Arizona, the number of sex offender within that state is also alarming. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the state of Arizona has about 14,488 registered sex offenders. Within the state of Arizona, there is obviously female offenders but unfortunately, the statistics are unavailable to this report. With the state of New York, the number of female sex offenders is the same as Arizona and that means that there is definitely female sex offenders but the correct number is

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