This article argues that sex offender registry and notification acts (SORNAs) fail to protect those in society who are likely victims of sex crimes. These laws fail to protect these potential victims because they emerged as a result of the rise of the Religious Right, and so answer to the imperatives not of public safety, but of conservative religious sexual norms. The claim that SORNAs fail to protect potential victims has been made before. This article adds to the scholarship by placing the advent of SORNAs in the historical context of the 1980s and 1990s rise of the Religious Right. Most or all previous articles have implied that the only historical events relevant to the advent of these laws were a few high-profile crimes against children such as Megan Kanka. While these events may have been catalysts, I was not satisfied that such a simplistic historical answer was complete.My discussion of SORNAs' historical context suggests that SORNAs are another method among many others by which alternate sexualities (those that are non-marriage-based, non-procreative, non-heterosexual, and/or non-monogamous) are repressed and the conservative Christian sexuality of marriage-based procreative sex is reinforced. By focusing on this repression, SORNAs fail to adequately protect potential victims of sex crimes, especially children.

Creating Sex Offender Registries: The Religious Right and the Failure to Protect Society's Vulnerable

In many large cities in developing countries, investments in transportation infrastructure are insufficient for the growing population, resulting in chronic traffic congestion and overcrowding. The urban population of developing countries is expected to increase further toward the middle of this century, and urban planning and transportation policies that foresee future population changes and economic growth are necessary to make these cities more sustainable. Bangkok is one of the most congested metropolitan areas in the world, and transport projects such as the extension of the public transportation system are being implemented. However, due to the monocentric urban structure, both road and rail traffic is extremely congested during peak hours, which impedes some economic activities and personal interaction. In this study, we simulate the impact of urban and transportation measures in Bangkok from today to 2050. In addition to the expansion of the planned rail transit network, we evaluate the effects of a land use scenario in which sub-centers are established to develop a polycentric urban structure. The impact of alternative zoning and transportation policies and projects in Bangkok is discussed. Although this study is focused on Bangkok, the findings are assumed to be transferable to other large cities in developing countries.

Impact of Decentralization and Rail Network Extension on Future Traffic in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region

This paper is aiming to explain enemy perception as one factor of the trigger to student brawling. Paper was developed from qualitative research conducted in Bogor city in 2016 until early 2017. Data and information collected through observation, documents collection, interview of Bogor Educational office, Bogor Education Committee, Task Force of Student Brawling, schools staff, teachers, and student that include on brawling. The conclusion is that the most frequent student brawling occurs in Bogor city was triggered by the enemy perception of the student toward another school student, even toward other school groups. This perception could trigger the conflict whenever and wherever they met without policeman or teacher supervision. This enemy perception had raised a long time, as the olden generation inherit it to their younger generation, and keep maintained. Therefore, the solution to stopping student brawling in Bogor city is to eliminate the perception of the enemy towards other schools or other school groups.

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ENEMY PERCEPTION AND STUDENT BRAWLING: A case study toward student Brawling at Bogor city Indonesia

มาตรการบังคับทางกฎหมาย กรณีผู้ขับขี่ขับรถในขณะเมาสุรา ตามพระราชบัญญัติจราจรทางบก พ.ศ. 2522 Compulsory Legal Cases of the Driver While Driving Drunk According to the Road Traffic Act B.E. 2522

Bangkok is reported to have the worst traffic in the world, a situation that has a detrimental effect on the economic, social and financial development of the city. This mixed-methods study of the enforcement of Thailand’s Road Traffic Act, B.E. 2522 (1979) surveyed drivers in Bangkok and interviewed police traffic officers. The results reveal negative perceptions of drivers towards traffic police officers, poor law enforcement and disparity in policing practice. They also show that drivers lack road discipline and do not fear the consequence of any wrongdoing because they perceive that the Act merely prescribes petty offences and traffic police officers only impose light punishments. To support the cultural changes necessary to alter these perceptions, and enhance the economic and social development of the city, a range of strategies will be necessary, including training and development among drivers and law enforcement officers and strengthened legal provisions.

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Solving Bangkok’s Traffic Problems

This exploratory research studies the provision of sex offender registry systems and identifies whether a suitable model can be applied to the Thai context. To examine these perspectives, a qualita...

Sex offender registry system: a challenging task for Thai’s police policy and practice

The project, called “Guidelines to End Student Brawling in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region” aims to explore situations that may lead to brawling, as well as study performance procedures, and investigate problems and setbacks against finding solutions to end student brawling. In addition, further studies were done to propose patterns and preventive measures for handling student brawling. This Qualitative Research employed in-depth interviews and storytelling approaches and selected samples through Purposive Sampling. A focus group was set up to brainstorm ideas for guidelines to end student brawling in the Bangkok Metropolitan region and was divided into 2 sections:
1. In-depth interviews focused on exploring the situation, and causes of student brawling. The parties involved were 1.1 vocational school student brawlers. 1.2 families of student brawlers and injured persons, namely parents and guardians 1.3 peer groups such as friends of the same age, senior and junior friends 1.4 schools/ institutions, namely teachers/ professors 1.5 the community such as people who lived in the area of the crime, or nearby. 2. storytelling related to knowledge sharing of performance procedures, problems and setbacks of those involved in student brawling, namely 2.1 police station administrators or supervisors of those who managed and set up policies to end student brawling 2.2 police officers of the Children and Woman Protection Sub- Division 2.3 police officers of the Police Station Suppression Unit in the areas where student brawling occurred 2.4 a total of 70 teacher/instructors from both public and private schools/ educational institutions.
The research findings from indepth interviews indicate that student brawling currently stems from students adopting their senior friends’ actions. Furthermore, the weapons used in brawling are easy to get. Such actions affected well-behaved students, and damaged the reputation of both institutions and student families. Moreover, the outcomes from storytelling indicated that the performance procedures, problems and setbacks of those involved in ending the student brawling, and the stakeholders’ concerns must all be considered when establishing a network to share and update information, and in the setting up of patrol units to end student brawling. Problems and setbacks such as the reduction of network collaborators, lack of work coordination, and inconsistencies in policy led to reluctance from all concerned parties to continue working on preventive measures. As a result, student brawling continued. Besides proposing a model and guidelines, educational institutions must establish a policy for concrete prevention with surveillance of student behavior; especially those deemed high-risk students. Any signs of attempted brawling should be stopped immediately.
In addition, educational institutions need to collaborate with civil society and other agencies to build surveillance networks, especially in high-risk areas.
These networks should be supplied with the equipment needed for selfdefense and the ability to quickly inform a third party. In addition, an instruction course should be arranged together with a leadership camp so students can develop positive selfefficacy and apply themselves in a more appropriate manner. The outcomes from in-depth interviews and storytelling could be applied to the written manual to end students brawling in the Bangkok Metropolitan region.

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Guidelines to End Student Brawling in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region

This research aimed to study problems of cybercrime investigation of law enforcement officers in order to suggest model management of cybercrime investigation in fraudulent cases. This research was qualitative research by conducting in-depth interviews with 30 key informants. Research instruments were in-depth interviews and data analysis by content analysis. The research revealed that problems of cybercrime investigation were caused by law enforcement agencies and officers. The agencies that were in charge of suppression of cybercrime lacked forces, technologies, and maintenances and had no preparedness when compared to workloads. Besides, there were problems of distributing duties within the agency and also a lack of cooperation from technology service providers. The model management of cybercrime investigation in fraudulent cases comprised inquiring and explaining information before receiving a report, investigating officers gathering information, inquiring of victims about information supporting the investigation, recovering social media account, identifying criminals, and gathering acquired information to submit a request for information from service providers.

Model Of Cyber Crime Investigation In Thailand: Fraudulent Cases

To date, studies as to parricide have mostly pertained to Western contexts. This study is the first exploratory research to consider parricide in Thailand alongside its patterns, causes and factors...

Sunee Kanyajit

Papers

Solving Bangkok’s Traffic Problems

Sex offender registry system: a challenging task for Thai’s police policy and practice

Guidelines to End Student Brawling in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Model Of Cyber Crime Investigation In Thailand: Fraudulent Cases

Parricide in Thailand: Its Causes, Characteristics, and Factors