Sex Offender Laws & Treatment
Life on the List
Wed, 2012-06-27 14:47 +0000 — DRBobDoes publicly posting names of convicted sex offenders actually reduce the number of sexual offenses?
Let them live with the other large reptiles: the failure of residency restrictions
Sun, 2012-05-27 14:06 +0000 — Chris DorninAmerica has a lot of harsh laws against sex offenders that shame and banish this unpopular group. Miami sends them to live in the swamps with the poisonous snakes and boa constrictors. Georgia bars them from living or working within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop. Pretty much the whole state is off limits for employment or domicile. California bans them from living in just about any of the cities. Those laws are under serious legal challenge, and the Georgia bus stop code is on hold pending the outcome of a marathon lawsuit that started six years ago. But slightly less draconian limits remain in force.
Sex Panic and the Punitive State
Sun, 2012-04-08 00:00 +0000 — Phil HornerBook Review by Phil Horner
Roger Lancaster’s book, Sex Panic and the Punitive State (University of California Press, 2011) is part scholarly treatise, part impassioned polemic on the dysfunctional relationship between sexuality, fear and punishment in modern America.
Committee Votes to Axe Sex Offender Bill
Fri, 2012-04-06 16:36 +0000 — Chris Dorninby Chris Dornin, founder, CCJR
The House Criminal Justice Committee voted 15-0 on April 3 to defeat a piece of legislation designed to calm down the hysteria over sex offenders and help New Hampshire discover the best practices in dealing with them. SB 277 will appear on the consent calendar for the House session next week, which means it has little chance of passage.
