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MA - At corrections? cutting edge: Mass. native studies how to handle sex offenders

View the article here 02/26/2009 By Susan Parkou Weinstein - GateHouse News Service Raynham - With a string of academic accolades to her credit, Rebecca Jackson could have enjoyed the ivory tower of college life. Instead, the Raynham, Mass., native entered a field many would have shunned. Jackson studies and teaches about pedophilia disorders, including criminal forensic evaluation, competency to stand trial and assessing the risk for sex offenders before they are released from prison. ?When I tell people what I do, the reaction I get is distaste,? Jackson, a 1991graduate of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School, said in a phone interview from her home outside San Francisco. ?But we are trying to balance individual rights with public safety...continue to full post

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