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"Are Sexual Offense Laws Too Harsh? And Do They Work?"

By Douglas A. Berman

The questions in the title of this post comes from the heading of this new press release via the Univesity of Buffalo as part of a promotion for a new book by one of its law faculty.  Here are some of the interesting details: University at Buffalo Law School Professor Charles Patrick Ewing has added to his series of critically acclaimed books on some of the most unsavory but attention-grabbing aspects of the law, this time with a book questioning the legal logic and effectiveness of the country's increasingly harsh sex offense laws. In "Justice Perverted," Ewing examines what he calls "radically reshaped" laws dealing with the country's sex offenders.  These laws include ordering sex offenders to register with authorities, punishment for people possessing child pornography that "dwarfs" sentences for more violent crimes, including murder, and a federal law that requires a minimum 10-year prison sentence for those using the Internet to lure minors for sex...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 02, 2011 (boomark / email).