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Residency Restrictions Causing Increased Homelessness

By Corey Rayburnyung

As expected, laws meant to restrict where sex offenders live are having an unintended consequence: increased homelessness.  Sentencing Law & Policy has more. From the Washington Post:Strict new laws aimed at keeping track of sex offenders after they leave prison appear to be having the opposite effect, encouraging homelessness in a population believed more likely to re-offend if cast into the streets without structure or family support, say prosecutors, police, parole officials and experts on managing sex offenders.The issue is starkest in California, where the number of sex crime parolees registering as transient has jumped more than 800 percent since Proposition 83 was passed in November 2006. The "Jessica's Law" initiative imposed strict residency rules and called for all offenders to wear Global Positioning System bracelets for the rest of their lives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).