Physicians Disciplined for Sex-Related Offenses

Physicians disciplined for sex-related offenses.

CONTEXT Physicians who abuse their patients sexually cause immense harm, and, therefore, the discipline of physicians who commit any sex-related offenses is an important public health issue that should be examined. OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency and severity of discipline against physicians who commit sex-related offenses and to describe the characteristics of these physicians. DESIG...

U.S. physicians disciplined for criminal activity.

Sex Offenses: the Marginal Status

INTRODUCTION Adolescence is not a highly institutionalized position in American society.1 It is a transitional status between childhood and adulthood, but it is less institutionalized than either of the two age-based status positions that it borders and connects. The adolescent is a marginal person who is no longer accorded the privileged status of the child, nor as yet many of the rights and r...

Physicians charged with opioid analgesic-prescribing offenses.

OBJECTIVE To provide a "big picture" overview of the characteristics and outcomes of recent criminal and administrative cases in which physicians have been criminally prosecuted or charged by medical boards with offenses related to inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics. DESIGN We identified as many criminal and administrative cases of these types as possible that occurred between 199...

Case Processing Analysis: Utah’s Mandatory Prison Sex Offenses Mandatory Prison Sex Offenses

Attempted Sodomy on a Child (3 to Life) The following is an analysis of the charging patterns of mandatory prison sex offenses established under Senate Bill 26 (Crime Penalty Adjustments) passed by the Utah Legislature in 1996. Adjacent is a listing of these mandatory prison sex offenses. Senate Bill 26 eliminated mandatory minimum sentencing for sex offenses against children. This legislation ...