If you missed the superb National Public Radio show today on sex offender public registries, you can hear it now at this link: https://thedianerehmshow.org/audio/#/shows/2015-07-07/sex-offender-registries-and-calls-for-reform/110574/@00:00 . Talk show host Host Diane Rehm invited these four experts to debate an issue almost always driven by fear mongering.
Lawmakers killed a good crime bill this year. Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform wrote and recruited sponsors for HB 587, which would have abolished the $50 annual “fee”
A group of convicted sex offenders gathered on March 7 at (California's) Carson's city hall for a march to demand equal rights to visit fast-food restaurants, parks, libraries and other public areas from which they were banned. (Los Angeles Times) March 29, 2015
This slide is from a PowerPoint presentation by Jeffrey Sandler, 2012, entitled Effectiveness of NY Sex Offender Management Policies: Are We Making Communities Safer.