Sex Offender Registries Do Little To Increase Public Safety, Either In Practice Or In Potential

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Does Sex Offender Registration Deter Crime?

"Studies Find They May Not Increase Public Safety

"Laws requiring sex offenders to register with law enforcement and notifying the public of their location may make us feel safer, but two scientific studies of these laws found they really do not do much to protect the public. In fact, one study found that making sex registry information available to the public may actually backfire, producing higher overall rates of sex crimes.""

http://sexoffender-statistics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/does-sex-offender-registration-deter.html

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Sex Offenders Aren’t All Monsters [none are]

http://sexoffender-statistics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/sex-offenders-arent-all-monsters.html

Sex Offenders Aren’t All Monsters

http://prisonlawblog.com/blog/2013/9/3/sex-offenders-arent-all-monsters

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How Likely Are Sex Offenders to Repeat Their Crimes?

http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/how-likely-are-sex-offenders-to-repeat-their-crimes-258/

http://sexoffender-statistics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/how-likely-are-sex-offenders-to-repeat.html

Underreporting Clouds Attempt to Count Repeat Sex Offenders

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120122376053515485.html

http://sexoffender-statistics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/underreporting-clouds-attempt-to-count.html

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Quinn signs new sex offender McLaw

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/quinn-signs-new-sex-offender-mclaw/article_dba5c29e-0367-11e3-8649-001a4bcf887a.html

Michigan introduces a bill to restrict certain registered sex offenders, 365 days of the year, as to their interaction with minors under 16, under a host of circumstances

http://sexoffender-holiday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/michigan-introduces-bill-to-restrict.html